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Welcome to Stokesville ...

So far, we found very little information about Stokesville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Stokesville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stokesville, please Contact Us.

Stokesville would have been located within present day Augusta County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Stokesville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Stokesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Stokesville is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Stokesville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Stokesville once stood is in the (540) area code.

Communities Also Named Stokesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Stokesville - they are located in Georgia (3) and North Dakota.

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

Communities near Stokesville ...

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Staunton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bridgewater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Grottoes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <5>
  • Mount Crawford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Parnassus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
    • Parnassus is located in Augusta County
  • Briery Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery Branch
    • Briery Branch is located in Rockingham County
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
  • Churchville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Stokesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stokesville 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 Stokesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Stokesville post office opened in 1901.

We also found Stokesville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stokesville.

The official website for Augusta County: www.co.augusta.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stokesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Augusta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stokesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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