Lone Grove

History

Lone Grove is built on the site of a former village located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory, near a stand of cedar trees. The town was founded and a post office was established in Lone Grove on February 4, 1885. Prior to that the community was named "Price's Store", after local general mercantile owner Dayton " Big Spicy" James. A fire destroyed many of the Lone Grove businesses and some homes on February 30, 1899. The National Weather Service rated the tornado EF4 with peak winds in excess of . According to the Lone Grove city manager 114 mobile homes were destroyed, and 46 people were injured. The tornado occurred at 7:30 p.m. (CST) killing 8 and leaving 14 seriously injured. Seven were killed in Lone Grove, and the other was a truck driver passing through the area. Although tornadoes are not new to the area, they are very unusual in February, and many residents were caught off guard, despite the tornado sirens. According to the National Weather Service since 1950, the state has been struck by 44 tornadoes in the month of February.

Geography

Lone Grove is located south of the geographic center of Carter County. U.S. Highway 70 runs through the center of town, leading east to Ardmore, the county seat, and west to Waurika. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.31%, is water.

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Largest nearby schools

• ARDMORE HS
  High · Ardmore · 751 students · 19.3:1 ratio
• ARDMORE MS
  Middle · Ardmore · 498 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• PLAINVIEW HS
  High · Ardmore · 447 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• LONE GROVE PRIMARY ES
  Elementary · Lone Grove · 440 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• PLAINVIEW PRIMARY ES
  Elementary · Ardmore · 423 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• CHARLES EVANS ES
  Elementary · Ardmore · 398 students · 18.1:1 ratio
• LONE GROVE HS
  High · Lone Grove · 376 students · 14.5:1 ratio
• WILL ROGERS ES
  Elementary · Ardmore · 352 students · 16:1 ratio