Stony Point | |
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| Coordinates:38°6′46″N78°22′17″W / 38.11278°N 78.37139°W /38.11278; -78.37139 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Albemarle |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1496270[1] |
Stony Point is anunincorporated community inAlbemarle County,Virginia.[1] The region acknowledged as Stony Point includes the historical villages ofProffit andRosena. The physical core of Stony Point is theStony Point Volunteer Fire Company,Stony Point Elementary School, and several dozen surrounding homes. A general store is the sole public service. The nearest population centers of any size areBarboursville andCharlottesville, the county seat.
A general store has long operated at the intersection of Stony Point Road (State Route 20) and Turkey Sag Road (Secondary Route 640), one of the two roads leading east over theSouthwest Mountains from Stony Point. "Stony Point Market" is the name of the store currently located there; prior incarnations, in the latter half of the twentieth century, were "Bobby's" and "Bell's Store." The earliest known general store at that location was the one owned and operated by Colonel Nimrod Branham, a member of theHouse of Delegates, which opened in 1797.[2]
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