The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Settlers came to the ridge between the Mayo and Dan rivers in the northwest Piedmont region in the early 1800s. In 1827, the Deep Springs Plantation was built for James Madison Scales and his wife Elizabeth Lesuer in what is now Stoneville. In 1843, the R. H. Lewis Tobacco company was established in the south side of the land that became Stoneville. In the late 1850s, brothers Thomas and Pinkney Stone bought land in the area. On March 5, 1877, the town was officially incorporated. A natural stop on the Norfolk-Western rail line, Stoneville became the trade hub for the surrounding localities and profited off of tobacco, cotton and grist-milling industries.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Stoneville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stoneville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBeth Webster Mitchell, 1997: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Stoneville, decade by decade
Nothing in Stoneville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stoneville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mayodan Downtown Historic District in Mayodan, 4.7 miles away.
Stoneville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.