Historical Marker
Lone Star
Historical marker location:
New Summerfield, Texas
( 4 miles southwest of New Summerfield on FM 235. MARKER REPORTED DAMAGED AND UNDER REPAIR NOV. 2011.)
Marker installed: 1985
The ante bellum community of Lone Star, a center of trade, education and culture in the 1880s, experienced its greatest growth after the Civil War. Known first as "Skin Tight," it was named Lone Star when a post office opened in 1883. The town once had several businesses, a public school, four churches, two lodges and the Lone Star Institute. The town began to decline after a disastrous fire in 1893. Decline continued when the
T & N O Railroad bypassed Lone Star. Hope for the community's revival died when two oil field discoveries did not prove to be profitable.