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Welcome to Stinson ...

Stinson is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stinson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Stinson is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stinson: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Stinson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Stinson - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ontario, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Stinson ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stinson ...

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

Adding Stinson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stinson post office opened in 1888. The Stinson post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stinson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stinson - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Stinson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Stinson 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/