Do you know of Chester ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chester. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Chester.<1>
We found mention of Chester as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1873.
Communities Also Named Chester ...
We found 48 communities that share the name Chester.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Chester.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 44 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Chester, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Chester [Crawford County].
- California
- Plumas County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Chester [Plumas County].
- Colorado
- Saguache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Chester [Saguache County].
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Chester [Middlesex County].
- Florida
- Nassau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Chester [Nassau County].
- Georgia
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chester [Dodge County].
- Idaho
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Chester [Fremont County].
- Illinois
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Chester [Randolph County].
- Indiana
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Chester [Wayne County].
- Iowa
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Chester [Howard County].
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chester [Douglas County].
- Gray County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chester [Gray County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chester [Jefferson County].
- Kentucky
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chester [Mason County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chester [Montgomery County].
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chester [Perry County].
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Chester [Winn Parish].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Chester [Penobscot County].
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chester [Queen Anne's County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Chester [Hampden County].
- Michigan
- Eaton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chester [Eaton County].
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Chester [Olmsted County].
- Mississippi
- Choctaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Chester [Choctaw County].
- Missouri
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chester [Newton County].
- Nodaway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chester [Nodaway County].
- Montana
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chester [Liberty County].
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Chester [Rockingham County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Chester [Orange County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Chester.
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chester [Meigs County].
- Oklahoma
- Major County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Chester [Major County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chester [Delaware County].
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chester [Chester County].
- South Dakota
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Chester [Lake County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Tyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chester [Tyler County].
- Utah
- Sanpete County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Chester [Sanpete County].
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Chester [Windsor County].
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chester [Chesterfield County].
- Washington
- Spokane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Chester [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Chester [Hancock County].
- Arkansas
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- England
- We haven't found the location of this Chester
- England
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chester ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chester:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Jefferson County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Chester could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |