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Welcome to Steptoe ...

Steptoe is located in White Pine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Steptoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Steptoe is 6,560 feet [1,999 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Steptoe is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Steptoe lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Steptoe: 775

Communities Also Named Steptoe ...

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

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

Communities near Steptoe ...

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

  • Ely
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ely is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,014 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <3>
  • Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill
  • Calumet ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calumet is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
  • East Ely
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Piermont ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Piermont is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont
  • Keystone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Keystone is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Lane City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane City is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
    • Former name for Lane City:
    • Mineral City
  • Ruth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Copper Flat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Flat is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
  • Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ruby Hill is located in White Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
    • Ruby Hill has also been known as:
    • Rubyville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Steptoe ...

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

Adding Steptoe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Steptoe post office opened in 1893. The Steptoe post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Steptoe.

Footnotes ...

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