Stevens is an

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and

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(CDP) in Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 612. The Stevens post office has ZIP code 17578. The community was named in honor of

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. It was originally also called "Reamstown Station", due to its being the closest railroad station to the much larger community of Reamstown. By 1899, the community was just referred to as Stevens P.O.1899 Map of East Cocalico Townshi

retrieved January 10, 2012 The Schoeneck and Reamstown Elementary Schools, in the Cocalico School District, have Stevens addresses, as do several churches and the Mount Airy Kennels.

Geography

Stevens is in northern Lancaster County, on the border between

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and West Cocalico townships. The township boundary follows North Line Road and South Line Road, which crosses Main Street at the center of town. Stevens is bordered to the north by the borough of

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and to the south by Ephrata Township. The borough of Ephrata is to the southwest, and

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, the

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, is southwest of Stevens. According to the

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, the Stevens CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.01%, are water. The community drains south to

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, a south-flowing tributary of the

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, which leads to the Susquehanna.

References

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