We found 47 communities that share the name Chester.
Within Nova Scotia, the name Chester is unique.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 46 communities, three are located in Canada and 44 are in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Chester, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chester [Montgomery County].
Arkansas
Crawford County
This Chester is located in Crawford County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Chester.
California
Plumas County
This Chester is located in Plumas County and lies 2,860 miles [4,602.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Chester.
Colorado
Saguache County
This Chester is located in Saguache County and lies 2,192 miles [3,527.7 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saguache County community of Chester.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Chester is located in Middlesex County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Chester.
Florida
Nassau County
This Chester is located in Nassau County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Chester.
Georgia
Dodge County
This Chester is located in Dodge County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Chester.
Idaho
Fremont County
This Chester is located in Fremont County and lies 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Chester.
Illinois
Randolph County
This Chester is located in Randolph County and lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Chester.
Indiana
Wayne County
This Chester is located in Wayne County and lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Chester.
Iowa
Howard County
This Chester is located in Howard County and lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Chester.
Kansas
Douglas County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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
Although located in Mason County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Chester.
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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
This Chester is located in Winn Parish and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Chester.
Maine
Penobscot County
This Chester is located in Penobscot County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Chester.
Maryland
Queen Anne's County
This Chester is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Chester.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
This Chester is located in Hampden County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Chester.
Michigan
Eaton County
This Chester is located in Eaton County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eaton County community of Chester.
Minnesota
Olmsted County
This Chester is located in Olmsted County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Chester.
Mississippi
Choctaw County
This Chester is located in Choctaw County and lies 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Chester.
Missouri
Newton County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, 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.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chester [Nodaway County].
Montana
Liberty County
This Chester is located in Liberty County and lies 2,201 miles [3,542.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Chester.
Nebraska
Lancaster County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lancaster County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Chester.
Thayer County
This Chester is located in Thayer County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thayer County community of Chester.
New Brunswick
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Chester.
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This Chester is located in Rockingham County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Chester.
New Jersey
Morris County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Chester [Morris County].
New York
Orange County
This Chester is located in Orange County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Chester.
Ohio
Meigs County
This Chester is located in Meigs County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Chester.
Oklahoma
Major County
This Chester is located in Major County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Major County community of Chester.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chester.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Chester is located in Delaware County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Chester.
South Carolina
Chester County
This Chester is located in Chester County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Chester.
South Dakota
Lake County
This Chester is located in Lake County and lies 1,607 miles [2,586.2 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Chester.
Tennessee
Henry County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Chester [Henry County].
Texas
Tyler County
This Chester is located in Tyler County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Chester.
Utah
Sanpete County
This Chester is located in Sanpete County and lies 2,418 miles [3,891.4 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Chester.
Vermont
Windsor County
This Chester is located in Windsor County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Chester.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Chester is located in Chesterfield County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Chester.
Washington
Spokane County
This Chester is located in Spokane County and lies 2,497 miles [4,018.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Chester.
West Virginia
Hancock County
This Chester is located in Hancock County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Chester.
Communities Beyond North America ...
England
Distance: 2,760 miles [4,441.8 km]<2> to the northeast
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chester ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Chester Basin (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester Basin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Chester to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chester and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Chester to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,838 miles [9,395.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,715 miles [5,978.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 . 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5415, Longitude: -64.2426
<3>
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.
<4>
If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Chester to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.456 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.895 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.166 degrees.