Stella is a village in southern Newton County, Missouri, United States.

In October 1880, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad sold a portion of what became Stella to Moses Eagle for $200.

The Horner Institute merged with the Stella Academy in 1911 and was located there until moving to Purdy in 1912.

[4] The Lentz-Carter Merchandise Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

[8] The Fountains, a married couple from Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, had both graduated from the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery.

[8] Following her husband's death on June 29, 1973, Lillian Fountain continued running the hospital until 1977.

[10] Cardwell Memorial Osteopathic Hospital closed in 1977, but the building was soon reopened as a residential care facility owned by Don and Vera Littlefield.

[8] After sitting empty for nearly 20 years, the residents of Stella, seeking to revive the town's business district, proposed a plan to convert the empty hospital building into a multipurpose building complex, which would house a clinic, a library, city hall, retail space and residential units.

[11] However, due to considerable asbestos contamination at the site, the decision was made to remove the now derelict structure.

[11] Because of the nature of the contamination, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the former Cardwell Hospital building a superfund site and assisted the town in removing it.

[12] In the summer of 2006, the former Cardwell Hospital was torn down and the site was decontaminated, making it safe for other uses.

[8][15] Stella is located on the northeast side of South Indian Creek, one-half mile north of the Newton-McDonald county line.

[16] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all land.