Lone Oak, Kansas

Lone Oak is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, in the United States.^[1]

History

A post office was opened in Lone Oak in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1886.^[2]

Lone Oak was known historically for its coal mining operations.^[3] In 1885, a mining accident in the shaft of the Lone Oak Coal Company killed two miners and injured four more.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Oak, Kansas
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
↑ A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Printery. 1905. p. 113.
↑ Kansas. Governor (1887). Messages to the Legislature, Issues 1-2. p. 6.

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Girard

Cities	Arcadia Arma Cherokee Frontenac Girard Hepler McCune Mulberry Pittsburg Walnut

Townships	Baker Crawford Grant Lincoln Osage Sheridan Sherman Walnut Washington

CDPs	Chicopee Franklin

Unincorporated communities	Beulah Brazilton Capaldo Cato Coalvale Croweburg Curranville Dry Wood Dunkirk Englevale Farlington Fleming Fuller Greenbush Gross Kirkwood Klendike Kniveton‡ Litchfield Lone Oak Midway Monmouth Opolis Radley Red Onion Ringo South Radley Yale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°26′13″N 94°44′31″W / 37.43694°N 94.74194°W / 37.43694; -94.74194

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