It is the nearest community to Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, a National Historic Landmark.

A slasher film, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, was made in and around the Stockton area.

These estimates also list the following races and ethnicities: The community is most likely named for Francis Stockton, who was appointed in 1809 to select a site for the first Baldwin County courthouse.

In 1855 the United States government started a mail service between Mobile, Stockton and Claiborne, Alabama.

Steamers were awarded contracts for carrying the mail, each leaving Mobile twice a week, touching at Stockton, which was connected to Montgomery by the stage line.