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Welcome to Stella ...

Stella is located in Izard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stella, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Stella is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stella lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Stella: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Stella ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Stella - they are located in Florida, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stella.

Communities near Stella ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stella.

  • Batesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cave City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Melbourne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ash Flat
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oxford is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Cushman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cushman is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Evening Shade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pineville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stella. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stella.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stella. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stella.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stella. See our Newspapers Page for Stella.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stella ...

Looking for more information about Stella? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Stella, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stella.

Adding Stella to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stella in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stella was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stella post office opened in 1894. The Stella post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stella.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Izard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stella - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Stella area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Stella area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/