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Do you know of Hester ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hester. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hester.<1>

Our sources for Hester (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hester other than they indicate that Hester would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Hester ...

We found eight communities that share the name Hester.

Within Virginia, the name Hester is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hester [La Salle Parish].
      • Saint James Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hester [Saint James Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hester [Marion County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hester [Granville County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Greer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hester [Greer County].
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hester [Abbeville County].
    • Texas
      • Hardin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hester [Hardin County].
      • Navarro County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hester [Navarro County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hester ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hester:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Bedford County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bedford County.

Althea 
 Lakes
BeardsvilleLiberty
Bedford CityLisbon
BellsLone Gum
BethelLone Pine
BlountLoving Creek
Body Camp 
BrierfieldMarrville
BufordvilleMatilda
 Meyrick
Carter's IslandMons
Claymont 
Clay'sNininger
Coleman 
Cross RoadsOrrix
CrystalOtter Bridge
  
DelayPeaks
DeweyPedlar's
 Penicks
EmausPierceville
EphesusPlymale
 Prease
Fontella 
Forest DepotRigna
 Rodes
GillaspieRodney
GoffsRough
Granberry 
Graves StoreSandy Ford
 Smyrna
HammetSnowden Station
HelenaSpace
Hendricks StoreStone Mountain
Holcomb Rock 
HorebThurman
 Timbo
Ironville 
 Wades
JoppaWaltons Store
 White Rock
Kelso 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>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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