Lamar, West Virginia

Lamar is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Wyoming counties, West Virginia, United States. Lamar is 4 mi northwest of Matoaka. Lamar was initially founded as Algonquin around 1915 by the Algonquin Coal Company, later renamed Lamar in 1930 after the Lamar Colliery Company took ownership of the town.

The community most likely was named after the Lamar family.