Welcome to Stover ...

Stover is located in Fairfield County<1>.

The location of Stover has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stover, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Stover is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Stover is within the (803) area code.

Websites for Stover ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Stover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Stover - they are located in Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2), 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.

• Lancaster
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Chester
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• Winnsboro
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <4>
• Great Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
  • Great Falls is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Falls <4>
• Heath Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Springs
  • Heath Springs is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,054 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath Springs <4>
• Fort Lawn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lawn
  • Fort Lawn is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Lawn <4>
• Ridgeway
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Ridgeway is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <4>
• Richburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richburg
  • Richburg is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richburg <4>
• Blackstock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstock
  • Blackstock is located in Chester County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackstock <4>
• White Oak
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
  • White Oak is located in Fairfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <4>

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 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 1902.

We also found Stover on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stover.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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