Welcome to Stonewall ...So far, we found very little information about Stonewall. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Stonewall to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stonewall, please Contact Us. Stonewall would have been located within present day Raleigh County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Stonewall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. While the community is gone, the present day location for Stonewall is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Stonewall was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Stonewall was located: 304 & 681<4> Communities Also Named Stonewall ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Stonewall: This one is located in Raleigh County and the other is located in Kanawha County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 27 communities that are also named Stonewall - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Manitoba, Mississippi (4), Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (4). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stonewall. Communities near Stonewall ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stonewall.
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 Stonewall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stonewall. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stonewall. 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 Stonewall. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stonewall. See our Newspapers Page for Stonewall. Adding Stonewall to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Stonewall in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stonewall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Stonewall. Footnotes ...
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