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Welcome to Stony Creek ...

Stony Creek is located in New Haven County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stony Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for Stony Creek: Stony Crk. (or less commonly used: Stony Ck. or Stony Cr.)

Stony Creek is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stony Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Stony Creek: 203 & 475<3>

Communities Also Named Stony Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Stony Creek - they are located in Indiana, Michigan (3), New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony Creek.

Communities near Stony Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stony Creek.

  • New Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • New Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • New Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,801 people
  • Hamden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamden is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,294 people
  • Meriden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Meriden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Meriden is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
  • Milford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Milford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
  • West Haven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • West Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • West Haven is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
  • Milford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Wallingford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wallingford is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stony Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stony Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stony Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Stony Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stony Creek ...

Looking for more information about Stony Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Stony Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stony Creek.

Adding Stony Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stony Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stony Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stony Creek post office opened in 1854. The Stony Creek post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stony Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including New Haven, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stony Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 203 code has been Overlayed with the 475 area code. New phone numbers in the Stony Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 203 or 475. As a result, placing a call in the Stony Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/