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Welcome to Steve ...

Steve is located in Yell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Steve, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Steve is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Steve: 479

Communities near Steve ...

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

  • Danville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ola is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <3>
  • Plainview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Belleville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Casa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Casa is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Corinth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Corinth is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Rover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gladstone ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gladstone is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Wing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wing is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
  • Aly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Aly is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly

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 Steve. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Steve.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Steve. 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 Steve.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Steve ...

Looking for more information about Steve? 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 Steve, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Steve.

Adding Steve to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Steve 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 Steve was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Steve post office opened in 1892. The Steve post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Steve.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Steve - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/