Lamont, Kansas
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Unincorporated area
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in northeastern Greenwood County
Greenwood County, Kansas
Greenwood County is a county located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 6,689...
, Kansas
Kansas
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, United States
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. It lies along K-58
K-58 (Kansas highway)
K-58 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas.It is one of the newer state highways in Kansas formed by 2005 when K-57 was truncated at K-4 in Dwight.The route changes were made because of K-57's long concurrencies with K-4, K-177, US-50 and K-99....
northeast of the city of Eureka
Eureka, Kansas
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, the county seat
County seat
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of Greenwood County. Its elevation is 1,125 feet (343 m), and it is located at 38°6′45"N 96°1′36"W (38.1125234, -96.0266589). Although Lamont is unincorporated, it has a post office
Post office
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, with the ZIP code
ZIP Code
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of 66855.