Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Lone Oak, TX

Lone Oak was named for a single impressive oak tree that stood alone on the grass-covered prairie, and its first settlers arrived in the late 1850s.

A post office was established at Lone Oak in 1869, before the railroad era reached southeastern Hunt County.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived in 1881, turning Lone Oak into a shipping point for area farmers, and the town incorporated in 1890.

In its early years Lone Oak supported a steam gristmill, a cotton gin, three churches, a school, and its own weekly newspaper, the Lone Oak Call.

At its peak around 1914, Lone Oak had grown to about 1,200 residents with more than sixty businesses, including two banks.

The 2020 census counted 643 people in Lone Oak, up from 598 in 2010.

Lone Oak sits at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Roads 513 and 1567, about ten miles southeast of Greenville, the Hunt County seat.

Lake Tawakoni, built about two miles southwest of town in the early 1960s, helped slow Lone Oak's population decline after the Great Depression and World War II.

Lone Oak is served by the Lone Oak Independent School District — home of the Buffaloes — which reported a 100 percent graduation rate for the 2020–2021 school year.

The city covers about 1.1 square miles in the Sabine River watershed in southeastern Hunt County.