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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Chester (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Chester. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Chester is located in Sanpete County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanpete County: Carbon, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sevier & Utah.

Below are the counties that are near Chester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chester:

  • Sanpete County     (The home county of Chester)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.
    • Spring City Fort ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring City Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City Fort
      • Spring City Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Spring City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Moroni Fort ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moroni Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moroni Fort
      • Moroni Fort is located in Sanpete County
    • Moroni
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wales
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Freedom
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Sanpete County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
      • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
      • Fort Hambleton
      • Hambleton
      • Hambletowns Settlement
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <2>
    • Ephraim
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
      • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
      • Former names for Ephraim:
      • Cottonwood
      • Fort Ephraim
      • Pine Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <2>
    • Manasseh ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manasseh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manasseh
      • Manasseh is located in Sanpete County
    • Fountain Green
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
      • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
    • Fairview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
    • Fort Manti ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Manti. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Manti
      • Fort Manti is located in Sanpete County
      • Former names for Fort Manti:
      • Little Stone Fort
      • Manti Log Fort
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.
    • Clear Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
      • Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
    • Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
      • Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
    • Scofield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
      • Scofield is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Hiawatha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
      • Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
    • Wattis ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wattis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattis
      • Wattis is located in Carbon County
    • Consumers ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Consumers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
      • Consumers is located in Carbon County
    • National ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for National. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
      • National is located in Carbon County
  • Emery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.
    • Connellsville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Connellsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
      • Connellsville is located in Emery County
    • Mohrland ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
      • Mohrland is located in Emery County
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.
    • Levan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
      • Levan is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <2>
    • Juab ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juab have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juab
      • Juab is located in Juab County
    • Fort Nephi ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Nephi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Nephi
      • Fort Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Nephi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
      • Nephi is located in Juab County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
      • Former name for Nephi:
      • Little Chicago
      • Nephi has also been known as:
      • Nephi City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <2>
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno
    • Mona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Utah County
    • Birdseye
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
      • Birdseye is located in Utah County
      • Former names for Birdseye:
      • Clinton
      • Summit Basin

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chester, see our County-by-County Page for Chester.

Newspapers Published in Chester ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chester.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chester, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chester.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Chester:

Cemeteries Near Chester ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chester.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Chester had a population of 53 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Chester, with the one closest to Chester listed first.

  • Moroni
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Spring City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wales
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
    • Former names for Mount Pleasant:
    • Fort Hambleton
    • Hambleton
    • Hambletowns Settlement
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <2>
  • Ephraim
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
    • Ephraim is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
    • Former names for Ephraim:
    • Cottonwood
    • Fort Ephraim
    • Pine Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ephraim <2>
  • Fountain Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
    • Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <2>
  • Fairview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <2>
  • Manti
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manti
    • Manti is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
    • Former name for Manti:
    • Copenhagen
    • Manti has also been known as:
    • Manti City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manti <2>
  • Levan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levan
    • Levan is located in Juab County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levan <2>
  • Hill Top
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Top have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
    • Hill Top is located in Sanpete County
  • Sterling
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Sterling is located in Sanpete County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • Former names for Sterling:
    • Buncetown
    • Bunceville
    • Leesburg
    • Pettytown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <2>
  • Nephi
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nephi
    • Nephi is located in Juab County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
    • Former name for Nephi:
    • Little Chicago
    • Nephi has also been known as:
    • Nephi City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nephi <2>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Indianola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
      • Indianola is located in Sanpete County
    • Fayette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chester. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chester.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chester. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 39.4761, Longitude: -111.5630       In this case, the coordinates for Chester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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.




 

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