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Welcome to Stevenson ...

Stevenson is located in Morehouse Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stevenson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Stevenson is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stevenson: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Stevenson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Stevenson - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Stevenson ...

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

  • Bastrop
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Crossett
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sterlington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mer Rouge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Huttig
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
  • Collinston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bonita
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Felsenthal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Meridian
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stevenson ...

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

Adding Stevenson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stevenson 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 Stevenson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stevenson post office opened in 1907. The Stevenson post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stevenson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Morehouse, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stevenson - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Stevenson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Stevenson 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/