Lone Oak, Kentucky

Lone Oak is a McCracken county community on the southwest of Paducah. The community grew up around an 1873 mill built by a Dr. Pepper and was originally known as Pepper's Mill. It may have been known as Pottsville, for D. M. Potts, who owned a local store, as well. The name Lone Oak came from a large tree in the area. Parts of historical Lone Oak have been annexed by Paducah.

Lone Oak was incorporated from 1979 to 2008.

The Lone Oak post office operated from 1892 until 1908.

The population of Lone Oak in 2000, before it was dissolved, was 454 in an area of 0.25 square miles.

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