Do you know of Lomax ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lomax. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lomax.

Our sources for Lomax (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lomax other than they indicate that Lomax would be found somewhere in Scott County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1914.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Lomax ...

We found eight communities that share the name Lomax.

Within Virginia, the name Lomax is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Chilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lomax [Chilton County].
  • Illinois
    • Henderson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lomax [Henderson County].
  • Indiana
    • Starke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lomax [Starke County].
  • Nebraska
    • Custer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lomax [Custer County].
  • North Carolina
    • Wilkes County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lomax [Wilkes County].
  • Texas
    • Harris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lomax [Harris County].
    • Howard County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lomax [Howard County].
  • West Virginia
    • McDowell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lomax [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lomax ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lomax:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lomax.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/46600   (Place Name: Lomax)

County: Scott     (FIPS State/County: 51/169)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Lomax) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Scott County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Scott County.