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Welcome to Lone Oak ...

Lone Oak is located in Hanover County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Oak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Lone Oak is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lone Oak: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Lone Oak ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Lone Oak: This one is located in Hanover County and the other is located in Roanoke City.

Beyond Virginia, there are 21 communities that are also named Lone Oak - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (7), 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.

  • Ashland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mineral
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Casco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Casco is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casco
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Vontay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vontay is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay
  • Hylas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hylas is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylas
  • Beaverdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hewlett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hewlett is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
  • Willowbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
  • Wyndham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Wyndham is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyndham

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 1878. The Lone Oak post office closed in 1878.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Lone Oak area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Lone Oak area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/