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Welcome to Stover ...

Stover is located in Tallahatchie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Stover is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stover: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Stover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Stover - they are located in Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Stover ...

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

  • Clarksdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
  • Tutwiler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Charleston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Marks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Marks is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <4>
  • Lambert
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lambert is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
  • Crowder
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crowder is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
  • Webb
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
  • Lyon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyon is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Sumner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
  • Glendora
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Stover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stover.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stover ...

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

Adding Stover to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stover post office opened in 1913. The Stover post office closed in 1970.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Tallahatchie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stover - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Stover area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Stover 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/