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Welcome to Stotesbury ...

Stotesbury is located in Raleigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stotesbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Stotesbury is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stotesbury: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Stotesbury ...

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

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

Communities near Stotesbury ...

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

  • Beckley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mullens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mabscott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Oceana
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pineville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Northfork
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lester is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Matoaka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Matoaka is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Rhodell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rhodell is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stotesbury ...

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

Adding Stotesbury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stotesbury post office opened in 1910. The Stotesbury post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stotesbury.

Footnotes ...

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