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Welcome to Cestos ...

Cestos is located in Dewey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cestos, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Cestos is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cestos: 580

Communities near Cestos ...

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

  • Seiling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Vici
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Taloga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Camargo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sharon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mutual
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Phroso ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phroso
    • Phroso is located in Major County
  • Curtis
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Curtis is located in Woodward County
  • Mooreland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cestos ...

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

Adding Cestos to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cestos 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 Cestos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cestos post office opened in 1898.

We also found Cestos on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cestos.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Dewey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cestos - 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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