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Welcome to Lone Star ...

Lone Star is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Lone Star is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Star, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Lone Star is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Lone Star ...

While we believe that this Lone Star is located in Cherokee County, we know of another 8 Texas communities named Lone Star. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bell, Floyd, Kaufman, Lamar, Morris, Red River, Titus and Wise County.

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

  • Jacksonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Henderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Rusk
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <3>
  • Troup
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Troup is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troup <3>
  • New Summerfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Arp
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Arp is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arp <3>
  • Cushing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gallatin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Reklaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Salem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • New Salem is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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 1883. The Lone Star post office closed in 1916.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, 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/