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Welcome to Stoneville ...

Stoneville is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stoneville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Stoneville is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Stoneville is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Stoneville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Stoneville (for example, toward Red Scaffold), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Stoneville: 605

Communities Also Named Stoneville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Stoneville - they are located in Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Stoneville ...

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

  • White Owl
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Opal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairpoint
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fairpoint is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpoint
  • Red Owl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Owl is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
  • Enning
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Marcus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Canyon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
  • Mud Butte
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elm Springs
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stoneville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stoneville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stoneville ...

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

Adding Stoneville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stoneville post office opened in 1903. The Stoneville post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stoneville.

Footnotes ...

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