Aristes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

When a post office was established here in 1897, the name of the town was changed to "Aristes", a contraction of the name Aristides, a Greek statesman.

In 1948, United Airlines Flight 624 hit a high-voltage powerline and crashed in Aristes.

Notable victims of the crash included Broadway theatre impresario Earl Carroll and his girlfriend, actress Beryl Wallace; Henry L. Jackson, men's fashion editor of Collier's Weekly magazine and co-founder of Esquire magazine; and Venita Varden Oakie, the former wife of actor Jack Oakie.

Aristes is located in southern Columbia County at 40°49′8″N 76°20′22″W / 40.81889°N 76.33944°W / 40.81889; -76.33944 (40.818984, -76.339374),[4] east of the center of Conyngham Township and northeast of Centralia.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Aristes CDP has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all land.