36°42′02″N 119°40′52″W / 36.70056°N 119.68111°W
Lone Star | |
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Coordinates: 36°42′02″N 119°40′52″W / 36.70056°N 119.68111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Fresno County |
Elevation | 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] Other sources, however, say that the town was named by schoolchildren. [3]
The town and local school were established in 1882, and the town hall was built in 1899. Many of the early settlers were of Armenian-American descent. [3] The Lone Star Elementary School is still active; students and a librarian at the school are said to have convinced Francis Ford Coppola to adapt the novel The Outsiders into the 1983 film of the same name. [4]