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Welcome to Prestonville ...

Prestonville is located in Stokes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prestonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Prestonville is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Prestonville: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Prestonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Prestonville - they are located in Kentucky and Michigan.

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

Communities near Prestonville ...

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

  • Eden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Eden is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <4>
  • King
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • King is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <4>
  • Stokesdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walkertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rural Hall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Wentworth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Wentworth is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,734 people
  • Mayodan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Madison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Stuart
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stuart is located in Patrick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,261 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prestonville ...

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

Adding Prestonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prestonville post office opened in 1874. The Prestonville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prestonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stokes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prestonville - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Prestonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Prestonville 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/