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Do you know of Lax ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lax. 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 Lax.

We found mention of Lax as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Logan County, West Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named Lax ...

We found two communities that share the name Lax.

Within West Virginia, the name Lax is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lax [Limestone County].
    • Georgia
      • Coffee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lax [Coffee County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lax ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lax.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/45700   (Place Name: Lax (RR name for Crown))

County: Logan     (FIPS State/County: 54/045)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Logan 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 Logan County.

Alonzo 
Amherstdale - RobinetteManus
ArgonneMelville
 Meredith
Bandmill JunctionMonitor Junction
BarnabasMount Gay - Shamrock
Beech CreekMouth of Pigeon
BendMouth of Sycamore
BerthaMud Junction
BurchMudfork
 Myrtle
Calico 
ChamNolan
Chambersburg 
CoalmerPhillips
CurryPoplar
Cyclone 
 Ragland
DingessRight Fork Junction
  
EugeneSeng
 Sidney
FerrellSnap Creek Junction
FoleySpaulding
FontaineSpottswood
  
GarnetteTaylor
GayThree Forks
GilbertTomlinson
Gin 
GodbyVanceville
 Verdun
Hawthorne 
HinchWilbur
HugheyWootens
Hunt 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lax could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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