Stony Point

… community in SE Alexander County. Site settled 1789. Stony Point post office est. 1826 but operated in different homes, stores, etc., within a radius of about 2 mi. In 1887 a railroad station, Sloan or Sloans Station, was opened, but the community soon came to be known by the official post office name, Stony Point. Named for rocky formation at the site. Alt. 1,090.