Welcome to Chester ...

So far, we found very little information about Chester. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chester to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Chester - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Chester, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Chester , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lancaster County<2>.

When the people of Chester referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Chesterite<3>

Time Zone: The area where Chester was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Chester still existed, it would have been in the (402) & (531)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Chester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Chester: This one is located in Lancaster County and the other is located in Thayer County.

Beyond Nebraska, there are 47 communities that are also named Chester - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chester.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lancaster County: www.lancaster.ne.gov/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Chester refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Chester may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).