Lone Tree, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, U.S.}}

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}} Lone Tree was an unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, in the United States.{{GNIS|438240}}{{Cite web |title=Lone Tree (Wright township) Street Guide and Map |url=https://indiana-streets.openalfa.com/lone-tree |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=indiana-streets.openalfa.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last1=Boyd |first1=Gregory A. |title=Family Maps of Greene County, Indiana {{!}} (Deluxe Edition) {{!}} With Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, & More |last2=D. |first2=J. |date=May 20, 2010 |publisher=Arphax Publishing Company |isbn=978-1420311747}}{{Cite book |title=HISTORY-OF-GREENE-COUNTY (Compiled By Timothy Davidson) |last=Davidson |first=Timothy |url=https://timothydavidson.com/genealogy/Ball-Clara/Greene-Co-IN/HISTORY-OF-GREENE-COUNTY.doc}} It was located at what is now the intersection of County Road 1000W (also known as Lone Tree Rd) and County Road 700N.[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=15d73de5b476cd4f869128ef2f74c8a4 1963 USGS map] (Lone Tree marked on bottom right corner of map)

According to the local county tourism board, Lone Tree "was founded in 1860 with a post office and a few businesses, but it was never a thriving village."{{Cite web |last=Indiana |first=Visit Greene County |title=Lone Tree |url=https://visitgc.com/where-to-go/communities/morecommunities/lone-tree/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Visit Greene County Indiana |language=en-US}} Records show that the post office was opened in 1857 and closed in 1862; then the Lonetree post office was opened again in 1897 and closed in 1906.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Greene&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Greene County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=16 September 2014}}

Lone Tree (as well as Lone Tree Prairie and Lone Tree Creek) was likely named for a large oak tree in a prairie that was a local landmark.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/201 201]|quote=According to a local tradition, the village was named for a single oak tree...}}{{cite news |last1=Guthrie |first1=Wayne |title=Spot is named for lone tree long gone |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-spot-is-named-for/162312744/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=The Indianapolis News |date=7 July 1958 |page=9}} The Lone Tree was said to be well-known to wagon drivers travelling between Louisville, Kentucky and Terre Haute, Indiana.{{cite book |last1=Baber |first1=Jack |title=Early History of Greene County, Indiana |date=1875 |publisher=N.B. Milleson}}