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Welcome to Hester ...

Hester is located

Hester is located in Navarro County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hester, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

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

Communities Also Named Hester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Hester: This one is located in Navarro County and the other is located in Hardin County.

Beyond Texas, there are 7 communities that are also named Hester - they are located in Louisiana (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia 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 for Hester was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Hester in the book titled .<2> X3X - From that list, the Hester post office opened in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hester.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Navarro, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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