Welcome to Vesta ...

Vesta is located in Grays Harbor County<1>.

The location of Vesta has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vesta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Vesta is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Vesta lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Vesta: (360)

Websites for Vesta ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graysharbor.org/

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

Communities Also Named Vesta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Vesta - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Vesta ...

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

• Aberdeen
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <4>
• Hoquiam
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
  • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <4>
• Montesano
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montesano
  • Montesano is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montesano <4>
• Elma
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
  • Elma is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elma <4>
• Raymond
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Raymond is located in Pacific County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,057 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <4>
• South Bend
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
  • South Bend is located in Pacific County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,731 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Bend <4>
• Cosmopolis
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmopolis
  • Cosmopolis is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cosmopolis <4>
• Oakville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
  • Oakville is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 697 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakville <4>
• Melbourne
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
  • Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
• Central Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
  • Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vesta ...

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

Adding Vesta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vesta post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vesta.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vesta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grays Harbor County: www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/