Lombardville

Lombardville is an unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois, United States, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bradford.

Lombardville served as a station for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[2] Lombardville was platted on July 8th of 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 1870's 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]

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