Lone Star, Fresno County, California facts for kids
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The former train station in Lone Star
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 Lone Star
Location in California
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Fresno County |
| Elevation | 318 ft (97 m) |
Lone Star (which used to be called Lonestar) is a small place in Fresno County, California. It's known as an unincorporated community. This means it's a neighborhood or area where people live, but it doesn't have its own city government. Instead, it's managed by the larger county.
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Where is Lone Star?
Lone Star is located in the sunny state of California. It's about 3.25 miles (or 5.2 kilometers) east-northeast of another place called Malaga. The community sits at an elevation of 318 feet (which is about 97 meters) above sea level.
How Lone Star Got Its Name
The name "Lone Star" has an interesting story! One idea is that the very first people who settled here named it after their old home state, Texas. Texas is often called "the Lone Star State."
However, another story says that schoolchildren actually chose the name! The post office in Lone Star was open for a few years, from 1891 to 1895, and then again from 1900 to 1910.
A Look Back in Time
The community of Lone Star and its local school were started way back in 1882. Later, in 1899, a town hall was built. Many of the early families who settled in Lone Star were of Armenian-American descent.
Lone Star School and The Outsiders
The Lone Star Elementary School is still open and active today! It has a really cool connection to a famous movie. It's said that students and a librarian at the school helped convince the famous director Francis Ford Coppola to turn the popular book The Outsiders into a movie. The film, also called The Outsiders, came out in 1983.
