Lone Star, Humboldt County, California

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Lone Star is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. [1] It was located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northeast of Lone Star Junction. [1]

Humboldt County, California County in California, United States

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 132,646. The county seat is Eureka.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Lone Star Junction is a locality in Humboldt County, California. It is located 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Blue Lake, at an elevation of 2,129 feet (649 m).

As of 1873, a school was in operation at Lone Star. [2] It was later amalgamated with the Kneeland School. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 97. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.
  2. 1 2 Kneeland School History [ permanent dead link ]