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History · Stevens Creek

Stevens Creek’s post office opened in 1872, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Stevens Creek began

When was Stevens Creek founded?

1872

The Stevens Creek post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 240154 years
Founding year: the first Stevens Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stevens Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Stevens Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Stevens Creek’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stevens Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stevens Creek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stevens Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Stevens Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 240. The CDP is in eastern Grayson County, bordered to the southeast by Hilltown and to the northeast by Carroll County. It is less than 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Fries and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Galax. The stream named Stevens Creek passes 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southwest of the community, flowing southeast to the New River upstream from Fries.

Its first post office opened in 1872.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Stevens Creek, 1872 to 1953

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Stevens Creek post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Stevens Creek post office closes
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Stevens Creek on the map, 1953 to 1962

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stevens Creek. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Stevens Creek on the 1953 USGS mapStevens Creek on the 1962 USGS map1953Winston-Salem sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stevens Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stevens Creek

Nobody well known was born in Stevens Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Andy GriffithAmerican actor, comedian, television producer, … · b. 1926
Edith Bolling Galt WilsonFirst Lady of the United States from 1915 to 19… · b. 1872
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Mary HollandAmerican actress · b. 1985
Donna FargoAmerican country singer-songwriter · b. 1945
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Del ReevesAmerican singer · b. 1932
Elbert Lee TrinkleAmerican politician · b. 1876
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Stevens Creek had its own post office from 1872 to 1912.

Stevens Creek
1872–1912
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HilltownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stevens Creek’s history

What year was Stevens Creek founded?

The Stevens Creek post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.