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Lone Star

Ghost town · Cherokee County, Texas

Rusk quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500)
Rusk quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lone Star is a ghost town in Cherokee County, Texas. It is one of 6 former communities in Cherokee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lone Star as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.9536° N, 95.0381° W.

Key facts

Elevation510 ft
Nearest living townNew Summerfield, TX
Distance to it4.9 miles
Coordinates31.95361, -95.03806

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What's there now

Lone Star is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Summerfield, TX (population 726), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 510 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Lone Star?

Lone Star is in Cherokee County, Texas, at 31.9536, -95.0381.

How many ghost towns are in Cherokee County?

Cherokee County, Texas has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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