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Welcome to Stackhouse ...

Stackhouse is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stackhouse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Stackhouse is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stackhouse: 828

Communities near Stackhouse ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stackhouse ...

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

Adding Stackhouse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stackhouse post office opened in 1883. The Stackhouse post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stackhouse.

Footnotes ...

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