Lone Star, Kansas
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Lone Star, Kansas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
|image_skyline = Lone Star Church.JPG
|image_caption = Lone Star Church of the Brethren (2009)
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|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Douglas County (legend)
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Douglas
|subdivision_type3 = Township
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|established_title = Founded
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 879
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|population_as_of = 2010
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
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|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 785
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|blank1_info = 479512 {{cite gnis2|479512|Lone Star, Kansas}}
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Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located {{convert|7|mi|km}} southwest of Lawrence.
History
The first settlers arrived in 1854, many of whom were either southern colonists or sympathizers who wanted slavery to be legal in the Kansas Territory. However, by 1860, many of these individuals had returned to the south or given up the cause. When William Quantrill razed Lawrence in 1863, some of his men traveled down south and passed near Lone Star.{{cite book|title=Soil of Our Souls|author1=Parker, Martha|author2=Laird, Betty|publisher=Parker-Laird Enterprises|year=1976|pages=146{{endash}}62|chapter=Lone Star}}
The settlement was initially known as "Bond"{{em dash}}which was the name of its first postmaster. The post office was open from 1875 until 1953.{{cite web|title=Post Offices|url=http://www.kshs.org/p/post-offices/11307|publisher=Kansas Historical Society|accessdate=January 24, 2018}} According to the Lawrence Journal-World Lone Star was named as such after a group of settlers saw a star in the sky while trying to think of a suitable name for their community's school.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | title=What's in a Name? Key Elements of Area History | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=November 28, 1997 | accessdate=April 28, 2015 | author=Carpenter, Tim | page=3B}}
Near Lone Star is Lone Star Lake which was built by the Civilian Lone Star Lake Park Conservation Corps in the 1930s.{{cite web|title=Lone Star Lake Park|url=https://www.douglascountyks.org/county-parks/lone-star-lake-park|publisher=DouglasCountyKS.org|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Douglas County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Douglas County, Kansas}}
External links
- Douglas County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/douglas.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
{{Douglas County, Kansas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Kansas