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Welcome to Stockdale ...

Stockdale is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stockdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Stockdale is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stockdale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Stockdale: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Stockdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Stockdale - they are located in Alabama, California, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Websites for Stockdale ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.grundychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Stockdale, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Stockdale ...

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

  • Ottawa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <4>
  • Shorewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Morris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Channahon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Minooka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Braidwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wilmington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Wilmington is located in Will County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people
  • Coal City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marseilles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dwight
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Dwight is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dwight <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stockdale ...

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

Adding Stockdale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stockdale post office opened in 1893. The Stockdale post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stockdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stockdale - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Stockdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Stockdale 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/