The city of Lonoke is located on the beautiful prairie lands of Lonoke County and is the county seat, it is also part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock Metro Area. Lonoke offers a small town with big city conveniences. You get the best of both worlds being close to Little Rock. The estimated population for Lonoke is 4,552. Lonoke is situated near Interstate 40, US Highway 70, State Highway 31 and 89 for convenient traveling.
While in Lonoke you'll find a wonderful climate with four distinct seasons and lovely homes available. You can choose from Single Family, Multi Family, Lot & Land, Farms and Commercial properties. Home prices range from $18,000 to $365,000 with the average home being $109,000.
The birth of Lonoke came after the Civil War when the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad rerouted its tracks three miles south of the future Lonoke. The rerouting of the tracks completely destroyed the town of Brownsville, where the tracks once laid.
The town of Lonoke was named by Major Rombaugh and Robinson. Rombaugh was a civil engineer doing survey work for the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad right of way. The decided to name the town for a lone giant red oak tree that stood in the middle of the prairie. Rombaugh came up with the spelling, wanting to give it a Native American sound of Lo-no-kah. Since the naming of Lonoke everyone has pronounced it as Lone-oak.
In 1869, the town-lot plan survey was completed by Hamilton Reynolds and Isaac Hicks. W.K. Hocker and Company, the general store, was the first business in the new town of Lonoke just before the town survey was complete in 1868. Then in 1869, William Goodrum and T.C. Beard opened a general store in town.
On January 22, 1872, Lonoke was officially incorporated and held elections for its first officials. Isaac Hicks became Mayor. Lonoke County was established on April 16, 1873. By 1910, the population of Lonoke had grown to 1,547.
The first courthouse was actually the former Prairie County Courthouse from Brownsville. The building was disassembled, and moved to Lonoke where it was reassembled. A new three story courthouse was built in 1928. The building still serves as the Lonoke courthouse.
Students living in Lonoke, Arkansas real estate are served by the Lonoke School District. There is one primary school, one elementary school, one middle school and one high school that serve the City of Lonoke.
In addition there two universities and three vocational technical colleges with in twenty-four miles of Lonoke.
Lonoke may be a small town, but it is full of activities to keep all residents occupied. Some activities are golf, fishing, hunting, football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, city parks and museums. City parks provide picnic areas, playgrounds, walking trails and open space for free play. Lakes of the area offer great fishing opportunities and the recreation centers provide all youth sports programs. Nearby forests offer tons of wildlife for great hunting. Golf lovers will enjoy the 18-hole golf course.
There are many historical buildings to visit such as Eberts Field, Lonoke Depot, Lonoke County Courthouse and several historic homes.
Churches in almost every religion can be found all around Lonoke.
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