Welcome to our great City. Our little community is proud to share everything we offer and look forward to growing with you. VESTA Township, settled in 1868, organized May 29, 1880, was named on the suggestion of Fred Vail Hotchkiss for his sister, Vesta Vail Hotchkiss. The city, in sections 15 and 16, was platted in 1899 and was incorporated February 9, 1900. The post office began in 1899, with Timothy L. Crowley as first postmaster; the Chicago and North Western Railway had a station after 1898.