Stopnica was founded in the l2th century.
Origmally it was a private village, but by the end
of that century it was taken over by the monarchy.
In 1362 King Casimir the Great confened the
status of a clty on Stopnica, and this new stature
contributed to ir further development

Transcribed below are the entries for Stopnica from the 1929 Polish business
directory Ksipga Adresowa Polski.

The name of my town is Stopnitz. Where is
this town to be found? In joking words, one can
say in "the estates of the king of poverty". How
large was Stopnitz? As large as "the small print in
a small prayer book", The true answer to the first
question is in central Poland, the province of
Kielce, the county of Busko. How large was it?
As large as the world, since many residents of
Stopnitz lived their entire lives there and this was
the only world they knew.