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History · Lone Tree

Lone Tree’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lone Tree Township is a township in McPherson County, Kansas, United States.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 475 people in 2010, 467 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lone Tree yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lone Tree is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lone Tree has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lakeside Park Band Shell in McPherson, 7.8 miles away.

Lone Tree and the nearest listed places

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Lakeside Park Band ShellMcPherson Opera HouseMcPherson, Community BuildingCanton Township Carnegie LibraryKuns-Collier HouseMcPherson County Courthouse

Closest to Lone Tree

Lakeside Park Band ShellMcPherson · Structure7.8miMcPherson Opera HouseMcPherson · Built 18898.2miMcPherson, Community BuildingMcPherson · Building8.3miCanton Township Carnegie LibraryCanton · Built 19218.3miKuns-Collier HouseMcPherson · Built 19098.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lakeside Park Band Shell’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lone Tree?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lone Tree’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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