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Welcome to Lone Star ...

Lone Star is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Star, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Lone Star is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lone Star lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lone Star: 785

Communities Also Named Lone Star ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Lone Star: This one is located in Douglas County and the other is located in Sumner County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 34 communities that are also named Lone Star - they are located in Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, Missouri (3), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas (9) and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Lone Star ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lone Star.

  • Lawrence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ottawa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ottawa is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <3>
  • Eudora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Baldwin City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wellsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgerton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Carbondale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Carbondale is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
  • Overbrook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Perry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Perry is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
  • Pomona
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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 Star. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lone Star.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lone Star. 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 Star.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lone Star ...

Looking for more information about Lone Star? 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 Star, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lone Star.

Adding Lone Star to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lone Star 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 Star was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lone Star post office opened in 1899. The Lone Star post office closed in 1953.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Star - 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/