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Welcome to Hester ...

Hester is located in Abbeville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Hester is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hester: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Hester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Hester - they are located in Louisiana (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Hester ...

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

  • Abbeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elberton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Iva
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Iva is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <4>
  • Hesters Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
  • Bowman Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
  • Tignall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Silk Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
  • Lowndesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Troy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hester ...

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

Adding Hester to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hester post office opened in 1887. The Hester post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hester.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Abbeville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hester - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Hester area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Hester 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/