Lombardville, Illinois
Lombardville is an unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois, United States, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bradford.
History
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
CB&Q Bradford to Buda, Illinois segment of Buda-Rushville branch. on YouTube
References
- ^ 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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