Lombardville is an unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois, United States, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bradford.
Lombardville, Illinois | |
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  Lombardville, Illinois  Lombardville, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°13′16″N 89°39′30″W / 41.22111°N 89.65833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Stark |
| Elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 309 |
| GNIS feature ID | 412530[1] |
History edit
Lombardville served as a station for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[2] Lombardville was platted on July 8, 1870, and served as a station for the Buda Rushville Railroad Branch, which connected with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad system. In the early 1870s the town had a hotel, grain elevator, and the Lombardville mining company.[3] A post office called Lombardville was established in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1931.[4] The community was named for the Lombard family, the original owners of the town site.[5]
Additional Resource edit
CB&Q Bradford to Buda, Illinois segment of Buda-Rushville branch. on YouTube
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lombardville, Illinois
- ^ Stark county and its pioneers at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- ^ History of Stark County, Illinois, and its people at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- ^ "Stark County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 189.
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