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Welcome to Lone Oak ...

Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Lone Oak is 5,640 feet [1,719 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lone Oak is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lone Oak lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lone Oak, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lone Oak: 719

Communities Also Named Lone Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Lone Oak - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (7), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lone Oak.

Communities near Lone Oak ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Lone Oak.

  • Branson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Branson is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Former name for Branson:
    • Wilson's Switch
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <3>
  • Villegreen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Villegreen is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villegreen
  • Kim
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kim is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kim
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kim <3>
  • Troy ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Troy is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Folsom
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinchera
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Des Moines
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Capulin
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lone Oak. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lone Oak.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lone Oak. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Oak.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Oak. See our Newspapers Page for Lone Oak.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lone Oak ...

Looking for more information about Lone Oak? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lone Oak, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lone Oak.

Adding Lone Oak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lone Oak in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lone Oak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lone Oak post office opened in 1922. The Lone Oak post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lone Oak.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Las Animas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Oak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/