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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Stony Point, North Carolina |settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]] |nickname = |motto = |named_for = Rock formation<ref name=gazetteer>{{cite web |url=https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/search/stony%20point/0 |title=North Carolina Gazetteer |accessdate= December 25, 2020}}</ref> <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |image_map = NCMap-doton-StonyPoint.PNG |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Stony Point, North Carolina |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[North Carolina]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in North Carolina|Counties]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]], [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = Settled |established_date = 1789<ref name=gazetteer/> <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 7.74 |area_land_km2 = 7.72 |area_water_km2 = 0.02 |area_total_sq_mi = 2.99 |area_land_sq_mi = 2.98 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.01 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_total = 1146 |population_density_km2 = 148.54 |population_density_sq_mi = 384.69 <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1037 |coordinates = {{coord|35|52|01|N|81|02|49|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 28678 |area_code = [[Area code 704|704]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 37-65260<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 2402898<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2402898}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Stony Point''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]] and [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. The population was 1,317 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3765260| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212190132/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3765260| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Stony Point CDP, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> It is part of the [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]]–[[Lenoir, North Carolina|Lenoir]]–[[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]] [[The Unifour|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. ==History== A Stony Point Post Office was established on February 17, 1826 in Iredell County, with James Thompson as postmaster. The name was changed to Stony Point in 1832. The Stony Point populated place has existed in both Alexander and Iredell Counties since 1847, when Alexander County was created.<ref name='Keever'>{{cite book|author=Keever, Homer M.|title=Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller|publisher=Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark|date=November 1976}}</ref><ref name='HeritageI'>''The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, {{ISBN|0-89459-087-1}}, 642 pages with index</ref><ref name='HeritageII'>''The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index</ref><ref name='LewisPO'>Lewis, J.D.; {{cite web|title=Iredell County Towns with Post Offices| url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Iredell_POs_Sorted.htm|accessdate=January 31, 2019}}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|7.7|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.30%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 1146 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,380 people, 552 households, and 399 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|462.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 601 housing units at an average density of {{convert|201.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.03% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.03% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.19% of the population. There were 552 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.92. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,305, and the median income for a family was $48,221. Males had a median income of $26,635 versus $20,774 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $17,303. About 11.0% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.2% of those under age 18 and 29.1% of those age 65 or over. == School districts == *Elementary School ** Stony Point Elementary ** Sharon Elementary * Junior High School - East Alexander Middle School * High School ** [[Alexander Central High School]] ** [[West Iredell High School]] ==Notable person== *[[Dave Jolly]] {{ndash}} former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] pitcher ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Alexander County, North Carolina}} {{Iredell County, North Carolina}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Census-designated places in Alexander County, North Carolina]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Iredell County, North Carolina]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1789]]
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