Lomo, Butte County, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
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Lomo | |
|---|---|
  Lomo Location in California  Lomo Lomo (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′19″N 121°36′58″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Butte |
| Elevation | 3,780 ft (1,152 m) |
Lomo (Spanish for 'Hill') is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It lies 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Butte Meadows,[2] at an elevation of 3779 feet (1152 m).
History
A post office operated at Lomo from 1878 to 1881.[2] It was previously known as Wakefields Station,[2] for Henry Wakefield, who established a homestead on the site in 1864 and provided accommodations for teams and stages on the Humboldt Wagon Road.[3]
Lomo once had a lumber mill,[4] a school, and a hotel.[5] The hotel burned down in 1882 and again in 1885.[6] Today, Lomo is little more than an intersection, with "a few occupied dwellings" in the surrounding forest.[7]
