Lone Tree, Indiana

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Lone Tree, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°07′33″N87°07′44″W / 39.12588°N 87.12890°W / 39.12588; -87.12890
Country United States
State Indiana
County Greene
Township Wright

Lone Tree was an unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was located at what is now the intersection of County Road 1000W (also known as Lone Tree Rd) and County Road 700N. [5]

According to the local county tourism board, Lone Tree "was founded in 1860 with a post office and a few businesses, but it was never a thriving village." [6] Records show that the post office was opened in 1857 and closed in 1862; then the Lonetree post office was opened again in 1897 and closed in 1906. [7] [8]

Lone Tree (as well as Lone Tree Prairie and Lone Tree Creek) was likely named for a large oak tree in a prairie that was a local landmark. [9] [4] [7] The Lone Tree was said to be well known to wagon drivers travelling between Louisville, Kentucky and Terre Haute, Indiana. [10]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Tree, Indiana
  2. ↑ "Lone Tree (Wright township) Street Guide and Map". indiana-streets.openalfa.com. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ Boyd, Gregory A.; D., J. (May 20, 2010). Family Maps of Greene County, Indiana | (Deluxe Edition) | With Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, & More. Arphax Publishing Company. ISBN   978-1420311747.
  4. 1 2 Davidson, Timothy. HISTORY-OF-GREENE-COUNTY (Compiled By Timothy Davidson).
  5. ↑ 1963 USGS map (Lone Tree marked on bottom right corner of map)
  6. ↑ Indiana, Visit Greene County. "Lone Tree". Visit Greene County Indiana. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Guthrie, Wayne (July 7, 1958). "Spot is named for lone tree long gone". The Indianapolis News. p. 9. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  201. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. According to a local tradition, the village was named for a single oak tree...
  10. ↑ Baber, Jack (1875). Early History of Greene County, Indiana. N.B. Milleson.
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