More historic than 19% of U.S. towns · #208 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Most of Stokesdale was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1910.
Founding year: the first Stokesdale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1989.
History grade
What drives Stokesdale’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Stokesdale is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #208 of 290 in North Carolina. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Stokesdale’s overall grade.
North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Stokesdale’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1989.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Stokesdale’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stokesdale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Stokesdale is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States with small parts in the counties of Rockingham, Forsyth, and Stokes. The population was 5,924 at the 2020 census. Belews Lake is located nearby, and North Carolina Highway 68 and North Carolina Highway 65 both intersect U.S. Route 158 near the town's center.
Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,047 to 5,924 (+17%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
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The Stokesdale post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1989.
How does Stokesdale rank for history?
Stokesdale is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #208 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Stokesdale?
4% of Stokesdale’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.6 points), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 2002.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
