Welcome to Chestertown ...The town of Chestertown is primarily located in Kent County<1> and is the County Seat for Kent County. A portion of Chestertown extends into Queen Anne's County. Chestertown was established in 1706. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Chestertown for more information about variations on the name of Chestertown. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Chestertown has a population of 5,058 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Chestertown is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Chestertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Chestertown: 410, 443 & 667<4> The ZIP codes for Chestertown: 21620, 21690<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Chestertown had an population of 5,058 people. This is a decrease of 3.69% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 6.57% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Chestertown had a population of 5,252 people (which is 25.98% of the total population of Kent County). This makes Chestertown the county's most populous community. The population of Chestertown represents 0.09% of the population of Maryland (which has 5,773,552 people), making it the state's 39th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,252 people, the population of Chestertown increased 10.66% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,746 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Chestertown. Communities Also Named Chestertown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chestertown - it's located in New York. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chestertown. Websites for Chestertown ...Official Website: www.chestertown.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.kentchamber.org/ Communities near Chestertown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chestertown.
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 Chestertown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chestertown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chestertown. 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 Chestertown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chestertown. Our list includes 14 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Chestertown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chestertown ...Looking for more information about Chestertown? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Chestertown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Chestertown. Adding Chestertown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Chestertown 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 (so far) for Chestertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Chestertown. Footnotes ...
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