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Welcome to Lone Oak ...

The town of Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lone Oak has a population of 90 people<2> (see below for details).

Lone Oak is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Lone Oak lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Lone Oak (for example, toward Roanoke (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lone Oak had an population of 90 people. This is a decrease of 2.17% since the 2010 Census.

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lone Oak had a population of 92 people. This makes Lone Oak the county's 6th most populous community.

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lone Oak.

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 Colorado, 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 10 communities that are near Lone Oak.

  • Smokey Acres
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
  • Newnan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • LaGrange
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Carrolls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
    • Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
  • Senoia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Graysons Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
  • Grantville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hogansville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Louise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Louise is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
  • Sunny Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people

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.<5>

From that list, the Lone Oak post office opened in 1889. The Lone Oak post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Meriwether, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lone Oak.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Oak - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/