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Welcome to Stingray Point ...

Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stingray Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1940.

A typical abbreviation for Stingray Point: Stingray Pt.

Stingray Point is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stingray Point: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Stingray Point ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stingray Point ...

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

Adding Stingray Point to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stingray Point post office opened in 1940. The Stingray Point post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stingray Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stingray Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Stingray Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Stingray Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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