Lone Star is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Douglas County, Kansas
Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 118,785, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. The county ...
, United States.
It is located 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
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...
. However, by 1860, many of these individuals had returned to the south or given up the cause. When
William Quantrill
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate States of America, Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
Quantrill experienced a turbulent childhood, became a schoolteacher, and joined a group ...
razed Lawrence in 1863, some of his men traveled down south and passed near Lone Star.
The settlement was initially known as "Bond"which was the name of its first
postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...
. The post office was open from 1875 until 1953. According to the ''
Lawrence Journal-World
The ''Lawrence Journal-World'' is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, by Ogden Newspapers.
History
Though the ''Journal-World'' title came into existence in 1911, the paper dates itself to 1858, according to the ...
'' 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.
Near Lone Star is
Lone Star Lake which was built by the
Civilian Lone Star Lake Park Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
References
Further reading
External links
* Douglas County maps
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Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas