Lomax, La Porte, Texas

Lomax is a neighborhood of La Porte, a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. Lomax once was a separate community.

The community was named after R.A. Lomax, a native of Illinois who went to the area in 1885 and donated land for a school.

Lomax incorporated in 1952 and became a city in 1966. In 1980 it was merged into the city of La Porte.

Education

Like all areas of La Porte, Lomax is in the La Porte Independent School District.

Residents are zoned to the following schools; all of them are in La Porte:

Lomax Elementary School
Baker Sixth Grade Campus
Lomax Junior High School
La Porte High School

External links

Lomax, La Porte, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online

Galveston Bay Area

History

Large cities	Baytown Pasadena

Other cities	Anahuac Beach City Clear Lake Shores Dickinson El Lago Deer Park Friendswood Kemah La Marque La Porte League City Nassau Bay Morgan's Point Seabrook Shoreacres Taylor Lake Village Texas City Webster

CDPs and non- municipalities	Bacliff Bayview Clear Lake City (part of Houston/Pasadena) Double Bayou San Leon Smith Point

Counties	Chambers Galveston Harris

Subregions	Pasadena/Baytown Clear Lake Area Texas City/La Marque Chambers County

Bodies of water	Armand Bayou Cedar Bayou Clear Creek Clear Lake Dickinson Bay Galveston Bay Lake Anahuac Moses Lake San Jacinto River Taylor Lake Trinity Bay Trinity River

Major ports	Barbours Cut Bayport Texas City

Nature preserves	Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Armand Bayou Nature Center Baytown Nature Center Pine Gully Park Texas City Prairie Preserve

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land

Counties	Austin Brazoria Chambers Fort Bend Galveston Harris Liberty Montgomery Waller

"Principal" cities	Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land Baytown Conroe

Other cities	Alvin Angleton Bellaire Clute Deer Park Dickinson Freeport Friendswood Galena Park Galveston Humble Jacinto City Katy Lake Jackson La Marque La Porte League City Manvel Missouri City Pasadena Pearland Richmond Rosenberg South Houston Stafford Texas City West University Place For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA

Unincorporated areas	Atascocita Channelview Cloverleaf Crosby Cypress Fresno Hockley Klein Port Bolivar Spring The Woodlands

Bodies of water	Buffalo Bayou Galveston Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Houston Ship Channel San Jacinto River Trinity River Lake Houston Lake Conroe

State of Texas

Austin (capital)

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Counties	See: List of counties in Texas

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