Welcome to Stony Point ...
Stony Point is located in Albemarle County<1>.
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The location of Stony Point has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Stony Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1813.
A typical abbreviation for Stony Point: Stony Pt.
Stony Point is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Stony Point lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Stony Point: 540 & 826<4>
Communities Also Named Stony Point ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Stony Point - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (3), Missouri, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina and Tennessee (3).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony Point.
Communities near Stony Point ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stony Point.
- Charlottesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Charlottesville is located in Charlottesville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,950 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlottesville <5>
- Dillwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillwyn
- Dillwyn is located in Buckingham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillwyn <5>
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Fluvanna County
- Estimated population in 2016: 80 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
- Antioch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Keene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Keene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <5>
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Porters
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Woodridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Centenary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Alberene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
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 Stony Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stony Point.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stony 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 Stony Point.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Point. See our Newspapers Page for Stony Point.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stony Point ...
Looking for more information about Stony 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 Stony Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stony Point.
Adding Stony Point to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Stony 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 for Stony Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Stony Point post office opened in 1813.
We also found Stony Point in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Stony Point.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stony Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Albemarle County: www.albemarle.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Albemarle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stony Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Stony Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Stony Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |