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Welcome to Rest ...

Rest is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rest, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1877.

Rest is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rest lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rest: 620

Communities Also Named Rest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Rest - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rest.

Communities near Rest ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rest.

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 Rest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rest. 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 Rest.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rest. See our Newspapers Page for Rest.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rest ...

Looking for more information about Rest? 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 Rest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rest.

Adding Rest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rest 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 for Rest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rest post office opened in 1877.

We also found Rest in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/