Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.

[1] It is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Lawrence.

The first settlers arrived in 1854, many of whom were either southern colonists or sympathizers who wanted slavery to be legal in the Kansas Territory.

When William Quantrill razed Lawrence in 1863, some of his men traveled down south and passed near Lone Star.

[3] According to the Lawrence Journal-World Lone Star was named as such after a group of settlers saw a star in the sky while trying to think of a suitable name for their community's school.