Lonoke is the second most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as its county seat. According to 2010 United States Census, the population of the city is 4,245. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lonoke’s archives begins in imitation of the assistance of Union troops through Central Arkansas during the American Civil War. The town of Brownsville was burned to the ground by Union forces after the retreat of Confederate forces westward to Little Rock. After the war, it was arranged by the city leaders of Brownsville that a extra town should be formed by the within reach railroad as a result that those who wished to stay could reach so.

According to local legend, the town was named for a large red oak tree that was found while trees were beast chopped beside in order to construct houses. The ascribed name of the city was originally Lone Oak. However, due to a misprint in the Lonoke Democrat newspaper, the town’s herald was printed as Lonoak. Eventually, this misspelling became new misspelled as Lonoke.

The town of Lonoke was no question slow to grow. Lonoke maintained a sustainable population through the hold of its agricultural based economy until World War II. Because of the baby boom, Lonoke’s population began to achieve higher numbers. Furthermore, Lonoke became a sort of suburban area of Little Rock due to the implementation of the Interstate Highway System and the construction of Interstate 40.