Do you know of Stony Brook ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stony Brook. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Stony Brook.<1>

We found mention of Stony Brook as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Communities Also Named Stony Brook ...

We found three communities that share the name Stony Brook.

Within Massachusetts, the name Stony Brook is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
  - Saint Louis County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Stony Brook [Saint Louis County].
- New York
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stony Brook [Suffolk County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Brook [Montgomery County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stony Brook ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Stony Brook:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Stony Brook - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Stony Brook.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/67875 (Place Name: Stony Brook)

County: Middlesex (FIPS State/County: 25/017)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Stony Brook) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Acton Center
Assabet	Nashoba
Atherton	North Acton Junction
Ayer Center	North Cambridge Junction
Ayer Junction	North Framingham
	North Littleton
Beaver Brook	North Somerville
Bell Rock	North Sommerville
Bennett Hall	North Waltham
Billerica Center	North Woburn Junction
Broadway
Brookside	Oakland
Burtt's	Ordway

Cabot	Park Street
Cedar Hill Camp	Peperell Station
Center	Pepperell Center
Chemistry	Pierces Bridge
Cherry Brook	Pogus
Chery Brook	Point of Pines
City Farm	Prospect Hill
Clematis Brook
Cold Spring	Roberts
College Hill	Rock Bottom
Concord Junction
	Salem Junction
Dunstable Station	Sandy Pond
	Saugus River Junction
East Chelmsford	Shirley Compact
East Everett	Shirley Station
East Sudbury	Shirley Village
East Woburn	Shirleyville
Ellsworth	Somerville Highlands
Everett Junction	Somerville Junction
	South Farmingham
Fellsway	South Framingham
Feltonsville	South Groton
Fitchburg Crossing	South Malden
Framingham Centre	South Reading
Framingham Junction	South Waltham
Fresh Pond	South Woburn
	Stevens
Golden Cove	Sudbury Center
Groton Center
Groton Junction	Tewksbury Center
	Townsend Center
Harvard Square	Turnpike
Harwood
Hill's Crossing	Union Market
Hopkinton Center	Union Square
Hudson Center
	Wakefield Center
Inman Square	Waltham North
	Warnerville
Kearney Square	Wayland Center
Kendall Square	Wayside Inn
	West Billerica
Lake Street	West Cambridge
Lockerville	West Littleton
	West Marlborough
Malden Station	West Watertown
Medford Junction	West Woburn
Middlesex Junction	Westvale
Middlesex	Whitman's Crossing
Mirror Lake	Whittenton
Mount Suburn	Wigginsville
Munroe	Wilmington Station
Mystic Junction	Winmere

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Stony Brook could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.