History[edit]

Named for early settler James Stanton Cone, the community of Cone was
established in 1901, and was granted a post office sometime around 1903. On 14
February 1903, the Cone School began teaching students on land donated by a
man by the name of Charles Travis, and by 1939 the community was home to
150 residents.[2]

After the 1930s, however, the population began to decline. By 1965, the Cone
school's enrollment had fallen so low that the district was forced to consolidate,
sending the few remaining pupils to attend school in Ralls. By 1988 the
population had fallen to less than fifty, and only three businesses and the post
office remained in operation. By 2000, however, the population had rebounded
to its current level of approximately 70. Cone school building was purchased in
1966 by The Primitive Baptist Foundation and repurposed it as the Harmony
Plains Singing School.

Education[edit]