Steptoe, Washington

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{{Short description|Census-designated place in Whitman County, Washington, United States}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Whitman

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|postal_code = 99111

|area_code = 509

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Steptoe is a small unincorporated rural town in Whitman County, Washington, United States.{{GNIS|1508723}} The ZIP Code for Steptoe is 99111.{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/99111|title=Steptoe WA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}

A post office called Steptoe was established in 1875.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 August 2016}} The community is named after Colonel Edward Steptoe for a battle located north of Steptoe near Rosalia, Washington.{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=305|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=289}}

U.S. Route 195 runs through Steptoe, connecting it with the county seat, Colfax, 11 miles to the south and the region's largest city, Spokane, 43 miles to the north. Steptoe Butte rises to a peak more than 1,000 feet above the otherwise rolling Palouse grasslands four miles northeast of the community.{{cite web |title=Steptoe Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=f3e7995e5ef887f3397e12ea6a385984 |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=10 October 2023 |format=7.5 minute quadrangle topographical map |date=2023}}

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