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Welcome to Lester ...The town of Lester is located in Raleigh County<1>. The location of Lester has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Lester has a population of 315 people<3> (see below for details). Lester is 2,020 feet [616 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Lester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Lester: (304) & (681)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lester had an population of 315 people. This is a decrease of 9.48% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.17% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Lester had a population of 348 people. This makes Lester the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Lester represents 0.02% of the population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 185th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 348 people, the population of Lester increased 8.07% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 322 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Lester. Communities Also Named Lester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Lester - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lester. Communities near Lester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lester.
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 Lester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lester. 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 Lester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lester. See our Newspapers Page for Lester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lester ...Looking for more information about Lester? 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 Lester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lester. Adding Lester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lester 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 Lester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Lester in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lester. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lester. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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