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Welcome to Stanhope ...

Stanhope is located in Webster County<1>.

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

Stanhope is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stanhope: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Stanhope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Stanhope - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.

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

Communities near Stanhope ...

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

  • Madisonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Providence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dawson Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sturgis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sebree
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Earlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Dixon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dixon is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
  • Mortons Gap
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanson
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Stanhope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stanhope.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stanhope ...

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

Adding Stanhope to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stanhope.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stanhope - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Stanhope area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Stanhope 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/