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Welcome to Stephensville ...

Stephensville is located in Outagamie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stephensville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Stephensville is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Stephensville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Stephensville - they are located in Florida and Georgia (2).

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

Communities near Stephensville ...

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

  • Appleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleton is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
    • Former name for Appleton:
    • Appleton Junction
  • Neenah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
  • Fox Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
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  • Menasha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
  • Kaukauna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
  • Little Chute
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
  • New London
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New London is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
  • Kimberly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
  • Clintonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Combined Locks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people

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

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

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

Adding Stephensville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stephensville 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 Stephensville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Stephensville post office opened in 1858. The Stephensville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stephensville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Outagamie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stephensville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/