It is located in the fertile agricultural region of Haná between the Oskava and Morava rivers, which form parts of the municipal border.

The Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area extends into the municipal territory in the west.

The first written mention of Štěpánov is in a donation deed of King Ottokar I from 1201.

[5] Štěpánov is located on the railway line Nezamyslice–Kouty nad Desnou via Prostějov, Olomouc and Šumperk.

[9] The Church of Saint Barbara was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1872–1875 according to the design by Friedrich von Schmidt.