Welcome to Vest ...

So far, we found very little information about Vest. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Vest to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Vest - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Vest, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Vest , we believe that it would have been located within present day Phelps County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Time Zone: The area where Vest was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Vest was located: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Vest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Vest - they are located in Arkansas and Kentucky.

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

Adding Vest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vest in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Vest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vest post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vest.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Vest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Phelps, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Vest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Vest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/