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Stonega is a Census-designated place and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stonega had a population of 93. It is part of the Big Stone Gap, Virginia micropolitan area. The community was founded in 1895 to provide housing and coking facilities for the Virginia Coal and Iron Company before being leased to the Stonega Coke and Coal Company in 1902. The community was owned and operated as a company town until after World War II. Their post office closed in 2002.