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Welcome to Stonega ...

Stonega is located in Wise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stonega, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Stonega is 1,810 feet [552 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stonega: 276

Communities Also Named Stonega ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stonega - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Stonega ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Norton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Wise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jenkins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <3>
  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Coeburn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Whitesburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pennington Gap
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Appalachia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pound
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stonega ...

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

Adding Stonega to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stonega post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stonega.

Footnotes ...

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