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Welcome to Stone ...

Stone is located in Garrard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Stone is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stone: 859

Communities Also Named Stone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Stone: This one is located in Garrard County and the other is located in Pike County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 19 communities that are also named Stone - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Stone ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stone ...

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

Adding Stone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stone 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 Stone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Stone post office opened in 1890. The Stone post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stone.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Garrard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stone - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/