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Welcome to Stonebank ...

Stonebank is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stonebank, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Stonebank is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stonebank lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Stonebank ...

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

  • Waukesha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Berlin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Watertown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Germantown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Oconomowoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pewaukee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pewaukee is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pewaukee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,703 people
  • Richfield
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Stonebank. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stonebank.

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

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

Adding Stonebank to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stonebank 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 Stonebank was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Stonebank post office opened in 1858. The Stonebank post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stonebank.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stonebank - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/