Photo: SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Lone Oak run?
Lone Oak’s town government spent $90,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,011 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Lone Oak didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Lone Oak is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Meriwether County School District
Lone Oak’s K–12 school district, shared with Gay, Greenville, Luthersville, Warm Springs, Woodbury and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $19,298 per pupil, $9,549 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Georgia districts overall: 49% local, 39% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $1,011 per resident a year, or $2.77 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 49%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lone Oak didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Lone Oak yet
Every year of Lone Oak’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Lone Oak
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 89 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (89).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Lone Oak’s votes are counted by county
Georgia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Lone Oak alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Meriwether County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican62.6%7,375 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat37.1%4,373 votesOthers: 0.3% (40 votes).
Most votes in Meriwether County: Donald J Trump
Georgia: Trump 50.7%, Harris 48.5%
100% of Lone Oak lies in Meriwether County. Every 2024 race in Meriwether County is on the county’s page.
Meriwether County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Lone Oak.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Georgia HouseState representatives
- 3Georgia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Georgia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Lone Oak’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Lone Oak’s government
How much does Lone Oak spend per resident?
About $1,011 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Lone Oak didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $101,000.
Who runs Lone Oak’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lone Oak yet.
How did Lone Oak vote in 2024?
Georgia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Lone Oak alone. Meriwether County, where 100% of Lone Oak lies, voted Trump 62.6%, Harris 37.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Lone Oak?
1 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $4,309 (about $51,708 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Lone Oak in the state legislature?
State Senate District 29 (Randy Robertson) and State House District 136 (David Jenkins). The House district also covers 11 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Lone Oak, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →