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Welcome to Stavanger ...

Stavanger is located in La Salle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stavanger, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Stavanger is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stavanger: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Stavanger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stavanger - it's located in Minnesota.

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

Communities near Stavanger ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stavanger ...

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

Adding Stavanger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stavanger 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 Stavanger was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stavanger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including La Salle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stavanger - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Stavanger area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Stavanger 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.