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Welcome to Stokes ...

Stokes is located in Dyer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stokes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Stokes is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stokes lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Stokes: 731

Communities Also Named Stokes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Stokes - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi (2), New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina (4), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Stokes ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ddcc.dyercountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Stokes, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Stokes ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Humboldt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Churchton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Churchton is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
  • Trenton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Newbern
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bells
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bells is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <3>
  • Alamo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Alamo is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <3>
  • Dyer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dyer is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,203 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <3>
  • Halls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stokes ...

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

Adding Stokes to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stokes post office opened in 1872. The Stokes post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stokes.

Footnotes ...

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