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Welcome to Esther ...

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

We've added Esther to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Esther, please Contact Us.


Esther would have been located within present day Beaver County<2>.


The location of Esther has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Esther, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Esther is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Esther was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Esther ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Esther, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Esther ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Esther - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska.

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

Communities near Esther ...

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

  • East Liverpool
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Economy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Economy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
    • Economy is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
  • Aliquippa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aliquippa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliquippa
    • Aliquippa is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,743 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aliquippa <5>
  • Beaver Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ellwood City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ambridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambridge
    • Ambridge is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambridge <5>
  • Columbiana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Brighton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Brighton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton
    • New Brighton is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,622 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Brighton <5>
  • Coraopolis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Monaca
    (10 miles [16.1 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 Esther. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Esther.

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

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

Adding Esther to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Esther 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 Esther was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Esther post office opened in 1894.

We also found Esther on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Esther.

The official website for Beaver County: www.co.beaver.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Esther, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Beaver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Esther - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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