Our Community
Lone Oak, Georgia
An article in The Meriwether Vindicator in 1899 described Lone Oak as "a beautiful hamlet on the road to Greenville with two churches." That description still holds more than a little truth today. Lone Oak continues to be a good place to live, to interact with friends and neighbors, to worship God and serve his people.
Lone Oak was incorporated as a town in 1901, and the town still has an active government with a mayor, council, volunteer fire department and water system. The community has been around much longer – having its origins as Fling's Cross Roads. The original name came because Daniel Fling, who "settled on 400 acres there in an undulating area of woods and small streams" and then "gave the land for a school," according to Miss Regina Pinkston's history.
Descendants of Daniel Fling and his wife, Hettie Strozier Fling, still live in Lone Oak and are still part of the Allen-Lee congregation.
Lone Oak was incorporated as a town in 1901, and the town still has an active government with a mayor, council, volunteer fire department and water system. The community has been around much longer – having its origins as Fling's Cross Roads. The original name came because Daniel Fling, who "settled on 400 acres there in an undulating area of woods and small streams" and then "gave the land for a school," according to Miss Regina Pinkston's history.
Descendants of Daniel Fling and his wife, Hettie Strozier Fling, still live in Lone Oak and are still part of the Allen-Lee congregation.
Gold mining was an early industry in the area, and there was a post office, Gold Hill, at a store in what is now Lone Oak starting in 1849. Miss Pinkston reports that the eventual name of the town, Lone Oak, was inspired by "a single large post oak that marked the crossing" at Fling's Cross Roads.
Agriculture was the crux of the local economy for decades and continues to play a major role in Lone Oak today. The population in the town itself has decreased a bit in recent years – from 104 at the 2000 census to 92 in 2010. Northern Meriwether County was attracting many new residents before the economic downturn of 2007, and new people are still finding their way to Lone Oak and to Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church. The Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce's website in 2012 had this description of our town: "Halfway between Hogansville and Luthersville you will find Lone Oak, a town that is literally one square mile in size. Located at the northern end of Meriwether County, this town may be small in size but it has a lot to offer." In close proximity to Hogansville, Luthersville, Grantville and Greenville – and in easy commuting distance of LaGrange, Newnan and Peachtree City -Lone Oak offers rural ambience in a small town setting. We at Allen-Lee UMC look forward to being a part of Lone Oak's bright future. 
|
Lone Oak Academy was built in 1870 and served as a fount of education in our community until 1944. The school property was given to the town and renovated by the Lone Oak Community Club, which organized in 1951 and still meets each month. The school building, which is on the same property as the town hall and fire department, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
|
Sources:
- "Historical Account of Meriwether County 1827-1974" by Regina P. Pinkston
- "The Heritage of Meriwether County 1827-2004" by the Meriwether County Historical Society
- U. S. Census data
- Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce website
