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Welcome to Aquadale ...

Aquadale is located in Stanly County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aquadale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Aquadale is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Aquadale: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Aquadale ...

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

  • Albemarle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Unionville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
  • Wadesboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Fairview is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
  • Midland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Locust
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Marshville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Polkton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Polkton is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Aquadale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aquadale.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aquadale ...

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

Adding Aquadale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Aquadale post office opened in 1914. The Aquadale post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aquadale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stanly, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aquadale - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Aquadale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Aquadale 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/