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湖西鄉東石村，清朝初、中期沒有地名，一直到同治年間才規劃為「東石社」，屬「林投澳」，管轄，光復後與成功村合併為一個村，叫「文德村」，到民國五十三年才與成功分開，單獨成為「東石村」。
東石村是個小村落，位置較偏僻，許多澎湖居民一輩子都不曾去過。相傳，由於村落東北方有個坡地，盛產「青斗石」（玄武岩），加上村落位在澎湖本島東方，因而取名叫「東石」。
另一種傳說是，明朝永曆年間，馬公市菜園里部分黃姓居民遷居東石時，為了紀念漢朝時代先祖曾受封為東方諸侯，即取地名叫「東后」，因為這是村民先祖封為諸侯的地方。
據「漢書郊祀志」記載：「柴，望秩于山川，遂見東后，東后者，諸侯也」。
後來，也許是後代子孫忘記了這個典故，或是筆誤的關係，卻將「東后」寫成「東石」了，據了解兩者都有可能，因為不少先民為了紀念先祖的功名，及懷念大陸家鄉，就以先祖居住地及大陸家鄉作地名。
明朝崇禎十年（公元一六三七年），福建安南縣一黃姓族群移民澎湖，在菜園里落戶，到永曆年間，菜園部分黃姓先民又遷到東石另闢謀生天地，由此可知，目前的東石村黃姓居民，與菜園里黃姓居民有血緣關係。
東石村位在沙港村與成功村中間，村民擁有廣大農地，自明朝以來，東石居民多以農耕為業，現在澎湖的農地多已廢耕，但東石村的農地廢耕並不嚴重。
在明、清時代，台灣海峽動盪不安，外國軍隊、海盜，加上國內的海賊常侵擾澎湖，凡是位在島群外圍的村落，或多或少都曾被波及，唯有東石、成功一帶極少發生兵燹及賊禍，原因是托位在內灣，村落形勢隱密所賜。
因為，通常「倭寇」（日本海盜）都在龍門港登陸，外國軍隊侵略澎湖時，多在七美、西嶼及馬公一帶登陸，又因為古代軍隊及海盜都是使用冷兵器，因此東石村遂成為最安全的地方。
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