RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Sherman County >> StevensIndex...

Welcome to Stevens ...

Stevens is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Stevens is located in Sherman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stevens, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929.

Stevens is 3,530 feet [1,076 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Stevens is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Stevens: 806

Communities Also Named Stevens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Stevens: This one is located in Sherman County and the other is located in Rusk County.

Beyond Texas, there are 30 communities that are also named Stevens - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (4), Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Stevens ...

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

  • Stratford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Texhoma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Texhoma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Texhoma is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texhoma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Kerrick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Goodwell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Eva
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Eva is located in Texas County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
  • Cactus
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Sunray
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Guymon
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Guymon is located in Texas County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guymon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,010 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guymon <3>
  • Gruver
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stevens ...

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

Adding Stevens to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stevens in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stevens was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Stevens post office opened in 1929. The Stevens post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stevens.

Footnotes ...

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