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History · Lomax Township

Lomax Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Lomax Township began

When was Lomax Township founded?

1870

The Lomax Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Tiwappity (1862), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 748156 years
Founding year: the first Lomax Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lomax Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lomax Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lomax Township’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lomax Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lomax Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lomax Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lomax is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 404 at the 2020 census, a decline from 454 in 2010 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 850 to 748 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Tiwappity, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Iowa Junction
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Millville SchoolschoolPleasant Grove SchoolschoolTiwappity Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lomax Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Durham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTerre Haute TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDallas City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lomax Township’s history

What year was Lomax Township founded?

The Lomax Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.