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Welcome to Stumptown ...

Stumptown is located in Gilmer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stumptown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Stumptown is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stumptown: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Stumptown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Stumptown - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Maryland (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Stumptown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stumptown ...

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

Adding Stumptown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stumptown post office opened in 1883. The Stumptown post office closed in 1993.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stumptown.

Footnotes ...

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