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37.318724, -81.707887
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We found eight communities that are also named Lomax.
Within West Virginia, the name Lomax is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Chilton County
This Lomax is located in Chilton County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Lomax.
Illinois
Henderson County
This Lomax is located in Henderson County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Lomax.
Indiana
Starke County
This Lomax is located in Starke County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starke County community of Lomax.
Nebraska
Custer County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Lomax.
North Carolina
Wilkes County
This Lomax is located in Wilkes County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Lomax.
Texas
Harris County
This Lomax is located in Harris County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Lomax.
Howard County
This Lomax is located in Howard County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km] to the west of the Lomax that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Lomax.
Virginia
Scott County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lomax [Scott County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lomax ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lomax to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lomax and extending to:
Welch, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lomax to Welch, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lomax) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lomax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lomax 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.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lomax to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lomax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3187, Longitude: -81.7079 In this case, the coordinates for Lomax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.722 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.431 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.221 degrees.