Lomax, Indiana
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Lomax, Indiana | |
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  Lomax  Lomax | |
| Coordinates: 41°15′32″N 86°52′18″W / 41.25889°N 86.87167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Starke |
| Township | Railroad |
| Elevation | 666 ft (203 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 46374 |
| Area code | 219 |
| GNIS feature ID | 438234[1] |
Lomax is an unincorporated community in Railroad Township, Starke County, Indiana.[1]
In 1882, the Chicago and Atlantic Railway constructed its line from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, Illinois.[2]: 255 [3]: 15 The railroad constructed a depot and named it Lomax Station.[2]: 314 Several communities, including Lomax, grew up at its stops.[2]: 314 [4]
The Standard Oil Company built a steam-powered pumping station for a pipeline, running alongside the tracks, connecting an oilfield in Ohio to a refinery in Whiting, Indiana.[2]: 307, 314 The pumping station "consisted of five brick buildings, a boiler house, pump house, gate/valve house, telegraph office and a dormitory."[2]: 314 The pumping station was demolished in 1933.[3]: 33
There was a one-room schoolhouse c. 1912.[2]: 307, 314
