Lone Oak, Kansas

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]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Oak, Kansas
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Printery. 1905. p. 113.
  4. Kansas. Governor (1887). Messages to the Legislature, Issues 1-2. p. 6.



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