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Welcome to Stewart ...

Stewart is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stewart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Stewart is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stewart lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Stewart (for example, toward Russell Springs), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Stewart: 859

Communities Also Named Stewart ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Stewart: This one is located in Mercer County and the other is located in Letcher County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 40 communities that are also named Stewart - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada (2), New York (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Stewart ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stewart ...

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

Adding Stewart to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stewart post office opened in 1875. The Stewart post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stewart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stewart - 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/