Lone Star, Fresno County, California

Coordinates: 36°42′02″N 119°40′52″W / 36.70056°N 119.68111°W / 36.70056; -119.68111

Lone Star
Unincorporated community
Lone Star Location in California
Coordinates: 36°42′02″N 119°40′52″W / 36.70056°N 119.68111°W / 36.70056; -119.68111
Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno County
Elevation^[1]	318 ft (97 m)

Lone Star (formerly, Lonestar) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.^[1] It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 3.25 miles (5 km) east-northeast of Malaga,^[2] at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m).^[1]

The Lonestar post office operated from 1891 to 1895 and from 1900 to 1910.^[2] The place was named by the first settlers after their former home state, Texas (the Lone Star State).^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Star, Fresno County, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1065. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Fresno County, California, United States

County seat: Fresno

Cities	Clovis Coalinga Firebaugh Fowler Fresno Huron Kerman Kingsburg Mendota Orange Cove Parlier Reedley San Joaquin Sanger Selma

CDPs	Auberry Big Creek Biola Bowles Calwa Cantua Creek Caruthers Centerville Del Rey Easton Fort Washington Friant Lanare Laton Malaga Mayfair Minkler Monmouth Old Fig Garden Raisin City Riverdale Shaver Lake Squaw Valley Sunnyside Tarpey Village Three Rocks Tranquillity West Park

Unincorporated communities	Alder Springs Arbios Avocado Balch Camp Barstow Benito Big Bunch Biola Junction Bretz Mill Broadview Farms Burness Burrel Calflax Camden Cameo Camp Sierra Cecile Cedar Crest Cedar Grove Cedarbrook Cella Chaney Ranch Cincotta Clint Clotho Conejo Crabtree Cromir Deer Crossing Dinkey Creek Dora Belle Dunlap Edmiston Elk Elm View Etheda Springs Figarden Five Points Floyd Giffen Cantua Ranch Glorietta Goldleaf Goodmill Gordon Gravesboro Helm Herndon Highway City Hoffman Point Hub Hume Hume Station Humphreys Station Huntington Lake Ingle Ivesta Jamesan Kanawyers La Jolla Ranch Lacjac Lakeshore Lerona Levis Locans Lone Star Marshall Junction Mathews Mill Mattei Meadow Lakes Mercey Hot Springs Miley Miramonte Mono Hot Springs Murietta Farm Muscatel Navelencia New Auberry Ockenden Old Bretz Mill Oleander Ora Oro Loma Oxalis Panoche Junction Parkfield Junction Piedra Pilibos Ranch Pinehurst Pineridge Prather Pratton Raco Riverbend Rock Haven Rodgers Crossing Rolinda Sawmill Flat Schilling Shaver Lake Heights Sierra Cedars Sierra Sky Park Snow Bend Tarpey Tollhouse Trimmer Turk Uva Vanguard Wahtoke Westhaven Westside Wildflower Wineland Wolf Wood Ranch Zediker

Indian reservations	Big Sandy Rancheria Cold Springs Rancheria Table Mountain Rancheria

Ghost towns	Andrews Barton Bender Bridge Bronge Butler Cadogan Caldwell Carlile Carmelita Coalinga Mineral Springs Collins Darwin Dathol Deseret Dickerson El Prado Elkhorn Station Eshel Everts Fargo Fort Camp Fresno Beach Fresno City Fruitvale Garfield Granz Hawthorne's Station Hayes Kelso Kingriver Kingston La Libertad Last Leroy Letcher Lillis Marshall Station McKenzie Spring McMullin Mendota Station Millerton Mountain Rest Nares Nevills Oakhurst Oleander Peteras Mill Pinedale Pool's Ferry Pool's Fort Poso de Chane Portal Pueblo de las Juntas Rancho de los Californios Reka Riverview Robinson Rogers Rugg Sanders Sentinel Sharpville Shaver Shipp Smith's Ferry Sparkville Sycamore Point Tarn Temperance Temple's Ranch Thermal Tisechu Vanris Vino Warsaw Watson's Ferry Whites Bridge

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