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Welcome to Stickleyville ...

Stickleyville is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stickleyville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Stickleyville is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stickleyville: 276

Communities near Stickleyville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stickleyville ...

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

Adding Stickleyville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stickleyville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Stickleyville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stickleyville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stickleyville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/