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Welcome to Stipek ...

Stipek is located in Dawson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stipek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Stipek is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stipek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Stipek: 406

Communities near Stipek ...

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

  • Glendive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • West Glendive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive
  • Allard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Allard is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allard
  • Colgate
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Colgate is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colgate
  • Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hoyt
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoyt is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
  • Knife River
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knife River is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Lindsay
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Savage
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wibaux
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stipek ...

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

Adding Stipek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stipek post office opened in 1910. The Stipek post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stipek.

Footnotes ...

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