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Welcome to Saint Stephen ...

The town of Saint Stephen is located in Berkeley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Stephen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Stephen: St. Stephen

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Saint Stephen has a population of 1,813 people<2> (see below for details).

Saint Stephen is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Saint Stephen: 843 & 854<4>

The ZIP code for Saint Stephen: 29479<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Saint Stephen had an population of 1,813 people. This is an increase of 6.84% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.08% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Saint Stephen had a population of 1,697 people. This makes Saint Stephen the county's 6th most populous community.

The population of Saint Stephen represents 0.04% of the total population of South Carolina (which has 4,625,364 people), making it the state's 128th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,697 people, the population of Saint Stephen decreased 4.45% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,776 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Saint Stephen.

Communities Also Named Saint Stephen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Saint Stephen - they are located in Maryland, Minnesota and New Brunswick.

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

Websites for Saint Stephen ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Saint Stephen, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Saint Stephen ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Stephen ...

Looking for more information about Saint Stephen? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Saint Stephen, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Stephen.

Adding Saint Stephen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Stephen 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 for Saint Stephen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Saint Stephen post office opened in 1892.

We also found Saint Stephen in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Stephen.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Stephen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Berkeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Saint Stephen.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Stephen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Saint Stephen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Saint Stephen area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Saint Stephen). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Saint Stephen or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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