Welcome to Stony ...Stony is located Stony is located in Denton County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Stony, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Stony is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Stony lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Stony - they are located in Saskatchewan, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stony. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stony. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stony. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stony. 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 Stony. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony. See our Newspapers Page for Stony. Looking for more information about Stony? 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 Stony, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stony. We originally found mention of Stony 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 Stony was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Stony.
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