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Welcome to Stop ...

Stop is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stop, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Stop is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Stop (for example, toward Ranburne (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Stop: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Stop ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Stop - they are located in Arkansas and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Stop ...

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

  • South Fulton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Smokey Acres
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
  • Newnan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Peachtree City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • East Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pontevedra
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Union City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Foreston Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
    • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
  • Forest Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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 Stop. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stop.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stop. 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 Stop.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stop ...

Looking for more information about Stop? 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 Stop, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stop.

Adding Stop to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stop 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 Stop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stop post office opened in 1892. The Stop post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stop.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stop - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Stop area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Stop 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/