Lone Star, Texas

For the ghost town, see Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas.

Lone Star is a city in Morris County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,581 at the 2010 census.

Lone Star, Texas
City
Location in Morris County and the state of Texas.
Coordinates: 32°56′21″N 94°42′33″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Morris
Area [1]
• Total	2.00 sq mi (5.18 km2)
• Land	1.98 sq mi (5.12 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation [2]	315 ft (96 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,993
• Density	1,000/sq mi (380/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	75668
Area code(s)	903, 430
FIPS code	48-43684[3]
GNIS feature ID	2410863[2]
Website	www.lonestartx.net

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²), of which 0.50% is covered by water.

Demographics

Lone Star racial composition as of 2020^[4]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	856	61.14%
Black or African American (NH)	287	20.5%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	8	0.57%
Asian (NH)	12	0.86%
Pacific Islander (NH)	2	0.14%
Some other race (NH)	100	0.21%
Mixed/multiracial (NH)	61	4.36%
Hispanic or Latino	171	12.21%
Total	1993

As of the 2020 United States census, 1,993 people, 598 households, and 628 families were residing in the city.

Education

Most of the city of Lone Star is served by the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District. A small portion also attend schools in the Hughes Springs ISD.^[7]

Daingerfield High School is the public high school of the former school district.

Lone Star Elementary, of Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD, closed in 2010.^[8]

References

1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Star, Texas
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
5. https://www.census.gov/ ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
6. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Morris County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
8. "East Texas Elementary School To Close". KTBS. March 10, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2023.

1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.^[5][6]