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Welcome to Chestertown ...

Chestertown is located in the Adirondacks.

Chestertown is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chestertown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

Chestertown is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chestertown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Chestertown: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Chestertown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chestertown - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Chestertown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chestertown.

  • Lake George
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Riparius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Riverbank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
    • Riverbank is located in Warren County
  • Pottersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wevertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Adirondack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Johnsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • North Bolton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
    • North Bolton is located in Warren County
  • Bolton Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Holcombville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holcombville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombville
    • Holcombville is located in Warren County

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 4 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 for Chestertown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chestertown post office opened in 1826.

We also found Chestertown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chestertown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chestertown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Chestertown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Chestertown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/