Welcome to Lester ...Lester is located in Ouachita County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Lester is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lester lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Lester: 870 & 327<3> Communities Also Named Lester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Lester: This one is located in Ouachita County and the other is located in Craighead County. Beyond Arkansas, there are 23 communities that are also named Lester - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lester. Communities near Lester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lester.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lester. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lester. See our Newspapers Page for Lester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lester ...Looking for more information about Lester? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lester. Adding Lester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lester in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lester. Footnotes ...
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