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Welcome to Koester ...

Koester is located in Saint Francois County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Koester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Koester is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Koester: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Koester ...

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

  • Farmington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Festus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Festus is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Festus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Festus <4>
  • Park Hills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bonne Terre
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • De Soto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pevely
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pevely is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pevely
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,001 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pevely <4>
  • Desloge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Desloge is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desloge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,900 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Desloge <4>
  • Flat River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
  • Crystal City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sainte Genevieve
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Koester ...

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

Adding Koester to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Koester post office opened in 1893. The Koester post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Koester.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Francois, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Koester - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Koester area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Koester area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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