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Welcome to Stege ...

Stege is located in Contra Costa County<1>.

Stege was established in 1876.

Stege is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Stege lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Stege ...

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

  • San Francisco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Concord
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Concord is located in Contra Costa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,544 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <3>
  • Berkeley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Vallejo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Daly City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • San Leandro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Alameda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • South San Francisco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stege ...

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

Adding Stege to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stege post office opened in 1889.

We also found Stege in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stege.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Contra Costa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stege - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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