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Welcome to Stoops ...

Stoops is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stoops, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

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

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

Area Code for Stoops: 859

Communities Also Named Stoops ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Stoops - they are located in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Stoops ...

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

  • Winchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Paris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Mount Sterling
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Stanton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Carlisle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Owingsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Camargo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Millersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stoops ...

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

Adding Stoops to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stoops post office opened in 1898. The Stoops post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stoops.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stoops - 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/