Lone Star, Lone Starr, Lone Stars or Lonestar may also refer to:

Communities in the United States

* Lone Star, Arizona, a populated place * Lone Star, Fresno County, California, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Humboldt County, California, a former settlement *

Lone Star, Kansas Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located southwest of Lawrence. History The first settlers arrived in 1854, many of whom were either southern colonists or sympathizers who wanted slavery ...

, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Lone Star, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Lone Star, South Carolina Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States. The community has the ZIP Code of 29030 and lies at approximately 33.63 latitude and -80.59 longitude, with an elevation of 171 feet. It is part of the Co ...

, an unincorporated community *

Lone Star, Texas Lone Star is a city in Morris County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,581 at the 2010 census. Geography Lone Star is located at (32.943105, –94.708017). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , ...

, a city *

Lone Star, Cherokee County, Texas Lone Star is a ghost town in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with ...

, a ghost town * Lone Star, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Lone Star, Virginia Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the ...

, an unincorporated community

Businesses

Media

KZPS KZPS (92.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a classic rock radio format. The studios are loc ...

("Lone Star 92.5"), a radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth market in Texas *

Lone Star Music Lone Star Music, also called LSM, is a San Marcos, Texas-based music company which operates a website drawing half a million visitors a month,

, a New Braunfels, Texas-based music company * Lone Star Productions, a Poverty Row producer of John Wayne western films in the 1930s, released through Monogram Pictures * Lonestar Productions, an Australian film production company headed by Aaron Fa'aoso *

MovieTime MovieTime is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. It primarily broadcasts films, with 250 titles per month and back-to-back movies on the weekends. Unlike other Canadian movie channels, MovieTime operates a ...

(originally named Lonestar), a Canadian digital cable specialty channel

Others

Lone Star Brewing Company The Lone Star Brewery, built in 1884, was the first large mechanized brewery in Texas. Adolphus Busch, of Anheuser-Busch, founded it along with a group of San Antonio businessmen. The castle-like building which was once its brewery now houses ...

, the first large, mechanized brewery in Texas * Lonestar Cell, a telecommunication company in Liberia *

Lone Star Comics Lone Star Comics was a chain of comic book stores located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in north central Texas. The chain's offerings included comic books, action figures, gaming supplies, videos, and many other pop culture items. Originally esta ...

, a former chain of comic book stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area *

Lone Star Funds Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entity Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is an American private equity firm that invests in distressed assets in the U.S., Canada and internationally. The founder of Lone Star established its first fund in 1 ...

, a worldwide private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas * Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, a casual dining restaurant chain *

Lone Star Toys Lone Star Products Ltd. was the brand name used by the British company Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd (DCMT) for its toy products. DCMT was based in Welham Green, Hertfordshire, north of London. Company history Starting as early as 1939, DCMT manuf ...

, the name used by British company Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd for its toy products

Transportation

* International LoneStar, a heavy duty truck manufactured by International Truck * Lone Star (1920 automobile), an early American automobile manufactured by Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Corp. from 1920 to 1922 *

Lone Star Airlines Lone Star Airlines was an American regional airline that operated both domestic and international flights. For much of the airline's life its headquarters were located in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The airline's largest hub w ...

, an American regional airline that operated domestic and international flights from 1984 to 1998 * ''Lone Star'' (Amtrak train), an Amtrak passenger train serving Chicago, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, and Houston from 1971 to 1974 * ''Lone Star'' (SSW train), a passenger train operated by St. Louis Southwestern Railway between Memphis and Dallas that discontinued service in 1952 * ''Lone Star'' (steamer), wrecked near Galveston, Texas in 1865 * ''Lone Star'' (towboat), a National Historic Landmark dry docked in Le Claire, Iowa

Film and television

* ''Lone Star'' (1952 film), a Western starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Broderick Crawford * ''Lone Star'' (1996 film), an American mystery film written and directed by John Sayles *

Captain Lone Starr Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

, a main protagonist in the 1987 Mel Brooks film ''Spaceballs'' * ''Lone Star'' (TV series), a short-lived American television series * "Lone Star", a 1954 episode of '' Hallmark Hall of Fame''

Music

Lone Star (band) Lone Star was a Welsh rock and heavy metal music band formed in Cardiff in 1975.Strong, Martin C. (2001) ''The Great Metal Discography'', MOJO Books, , p. 319 They released two albums on CBS Records before splitting up in 1978. History An ...

, a Welsh rock band formed in 1975 ** ''Lone Star'' (album), the debut album of the Welsh band * Lonestar, an American country music band ** ''Lonestar'' (album), the debut album of the American band

Sports

Austin Lone Stars The Austin Lone Stars were a soccer club that competed in the SISL, USISL and United Soccer Leagues from 1987 to 2000. The club originally started in 1987/88 as the Austin Sockadillos in the original indoor SISL league. They became the Austin Lone S ...

, a soccer club that competed in the SISL, USISL and United Soccer Leagues from 1987 to 2000 *

Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, ...

(nicknamed the Lone Stars), national team of Liberia, controlled by the Liberia Football Association *

Lone Star Football League The Lone Star Football League (LSFL) was a regional professional indoor football minor league that played three seasons from 2012 to 2014. All of the LSFL's charter teams were based in the state of Texas, with five teams coming from the Southern ...

, a regional professional indoor football league from 2012 to 2014 *

Lone Star League The Lone Star League was the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues located in the state of Texas during the 20th century. The leagues operated from 1927–1929 (as a Class D circuit), 1947–1948 (Class C) and 1977 (Class A ...

, the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues in Texas, all defunct *

Lone Star Conference The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States, with schools in T ...

, a college athletic conference *

Lone Star Park Lone Star Park is a horse racing track and entertainment destination located mile north of Interstate 30 on Belt Line Road in Grand Prairie, Texas. Lone Star Park has two live racing seasons every year; the spring Thoroughbred season generally ...

, a horse racing track in Grand Prairie, Texas * Lone Star Series, an indoor football league that operated during 2021, later named the

Arena Football Association The Arena Football Association (AFA) is a professional indoor football league based in Texas, Kansas and Mississippi, United States. The league began operation in June 2021 with five teams, known that season as the Lone Star Series. The league ...

* Lone Star 500, a NASCAR race in 1972, renamed the

Alamo 500 The Budweiser NASCAR 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Texas World Speedway from 1972 to 1973 and again from 1979 to 1981. Thé track was replaced on the schedule for Pocono International Raceway in 1982 with the Pocono 5 ...

Military

36th Infantry Division (United States) The 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"), also known as the "Panther Division", "Lone Star Division",49th Armored Division (United States) The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War. Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry ...

, nicknamed the Lone Star, a United States Army National Guard unit *

Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a government-owned, contractor-operated ( GOCO) facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942. The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United Stat ...

, a former government-owned facility near Texarkana, Texas

People

William Henry Dietz William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz (August 17, 1884 – July 20, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington State University (1915–1917), Purdue University (1921), Louisiana Tech University ( ...

(1884–1964), nicknamed "Lone Star", American football player and coach *

John Pendleton John Strother Pendleton (March 1, 1802 – November 19, 1868), nicknamed "The Lone Star", was a nineteenth-century congressman, diplomat, lawyer and farmer from Virginia. Early and family life Born near Culpeper, Virginia, Pendleton studied wi ...

(1802–1868), nicknamed "The Lone Star", American congressman, diplomat, lawyer and farmer

Other uses

Lone Star College System Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017 it enrolled about 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woo ...

a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas * Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming *

Lone Star High School (Frisco, Texas) Lone Star High School is a public high school located in the city of Frisco, Texas, United States and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Frisco Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated as " Met Standard" ...

, a public high school * ''The Lone Star'', a barque featured in the Sherlock Holmes story "

The Five Orange Pips "The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. The story was first published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in Nov ...