Tree Service in Lonoke, AR

Tree Service in Lonoke has a fitting backstory. Local legend says the town was named for a large red oak that stood out while land was being cleared for houses. The name was first Lone Oak, a newspaper misprint turned it into Lonoak, and that became Lonoke. The town was incorporated on January 22, 1872, and is the county seat of Lonoke County.

Prairie trees are planted trees

Lonoke sits in the middle third of Lonoke County, which takes in part of the Grand Prairie, a flat native grassland now known for rice farming. Unlike the hilly, wooded northern end of the county around Cabot, the prairie was largely open ground. Most of the big trees in Lonoke's older neighborhoods were planted around houses, along streets and at the edges of farmsteads. That gives the town a different set of tree problems:

• Exposure. A shade tree standing alone in an open yard takes wind from every side, with nothing upwind to slow it.
• Age. Many planted trees around older homes are now 60 to 100 years old and carrying deadwood.
• Single specimens. When one big tree shades the whole house, losing it matters, so it is worth caring for well.

Pruning a lone shade tree

The aim with a big, exposed yard tree is to keep its shape and reduce what the wind can catch. We remove dead branches, cut back the longest and heaviest limbs to strong side branches, and clean out crossing and rubbing wood. We avoid stripping out the inner branches, a practice sometimes called lion-tailing, because it pushes weight to the limb ends and makes them more likely to snap.

A farm town turned commuter town

Lonoke's economy rested on agriculture for generations. A 1904 demonstration showed that rice could grow on land that had been used for cotton, and falling cotton prices pushed the county toward rice. Eberts Field near town trained Army pilots in both world wars. After Interstate 40 came through, Lonoke became a commuter town for Little Rock, and its 2020 census population was 4,276. Newer homes on former farmland often have few trees; older ones downtown can have several large ones close together.

Water nearby

Bayous cross Lonoke County, including Bayou Two Prairie, which runs from Pulaski County across the county to Bayou Meto. Trees on low ground near bayous and drainage ditches root in wetter soil and can loosen after long rains. If a tree near a ditch or low spot has started to lean, have it looked at before the next storm.

Getting an estimate

Call (501) 457-9035 or use the form to set up a free visit. We will look at your trees, explain what we would do and why, and give you a written price. Get a free estimate