United States of America

• Chester, Arkansas
  Chester, Arkansas
  Chester is a town in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 99 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Chester, California
  Chester, California
  Chester is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. Chester is located on Lake Almanor, north-northwest of Quincy. The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020...
  
  , in Plumas County
• Chester, Merced County, California
  Chester, Merced County, California
  Chester is a former settlement in Merced County, California. It was located southwest of Merced.A post office operated at Chester from 1880 to 1886.-References:...
  
  
• Chester, Connecticut
  Chester, Connecticut
  Chester is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2000 census. The town center is also defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place .-Geography:...
  
  
• Chester, Georgia
  Chester, Georgia
  Chester is a town in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 305 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Chester, Illinois
  Chester, Illinois
  Chester is a city located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,400 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County and is located south of St. Louis, Missouri.-History:...
  
  
• Chester, Iowa
  Chester, Iowa
  Chester is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 127 in the 2010 census, a decrease of 15.9% from the 151 population in the 2000 census...
  
  
• Chester, Maine
  Chester, Maine
  Chester is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 525 at the 2000 census.It is part of the Bangor, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Chester, Maryland
  Chester, Maryland
  Chester is a census-designated place on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,723 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Chester, Massachusetts
  Chester, Massachusetts
  Chester is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, situated in the western part of the state. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan statistical area. The town includes the Chester Factory Village Historic District. The total population was 1,337 in the 2010...
  
  
• Chester, Minnesota
• Chester, Montana
  Chester, Montana
  Chester is a town in and the county seat of Liberty County, Montana, United States. The population was 847 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Chester, Nebraska
  Chester, Nebraska
  Chester is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census.Chester is notable as being the birthplace of six-man football.-Geography:Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Chester, New Hampshire
  Chester, New Hampshire
  Chester is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census. It is home to Chester College .-History:Incorporated in 1722, Chester once included Candia, set off in 1763...
  
  
• Chester (town), New York
  Chester (town), New York
  Chester is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 12,140 at the 2000 census. The town is named after another city in Great Britain...
  
  , in Orange County
  • Chester (village), New York
    Chester (village), New York
    Chester is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,445 at the 2000 census. It was named after the City of Chester in England...
    
    , within the town in Orange County
• Chester, Warren County, New York
  Chester, Warren County, New York
  ----Chester is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,614 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Chester, Ohio
  Chester, Ohio
  Chester is an unincorporated community in central Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the Shade River at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 248. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45720.-History:Chester is one the oldest...
  
  
• Chester, Pennsylvania
  Chester, Pennsylvania
  Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...
  
  
• Chester, South Carolina
  Chester, South Carolina
  Chester is a small city in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,476 at the 2000 census and a center urban cluster population of 11,140...
  
  
• Chester, South Dakota
  Chester, South Dakota
  Chester is an unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 261 as of the 2010 Census. Chester has been assigned the ZIP code of 57016.-External links:*...
  
  
• Chester, Texas
  Chester, Texas
  Chester is a town in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Chester, Vermont
  Chester, Vermont
  Chester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2000 census. The town was originally chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as Flamstead in 1754. The terms of the charter were not met and the town was re-chartered as New Flamstead in 1761...
  
  
• Chester, Virginia
  Chester, Virginia
  Chester is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 20,987 at the 2010 census.-History:...
  
  
• Chester (Homeville, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Chester, West Virginia
  Chester, West Virginia
  Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,592 at the 2000 census. Chester was established in 1896, but not incorporated until 1907. The city is...
  
  
• Chester, Wisconsin
  Chester, Wisconsin
  Chester is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 960 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Atwater and East Waupun are located in the town.-Geography:...
  
  

• Chester Borough, New Jersey
• Chester City (disambiguation)
• Chester County (disambiguation)
• Chester Heights, Pennsylvania
  Chester Heights, Pennsylvania
  Chester Heights is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,481 at the 2000 census. Most of the borough lies south of U.S...
  
  
• Chester Hill, Pennsylvania
  Chester Hill, Pennsylvania
  Chester Hill is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 918 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chester Hill is located at ....
  
  
• Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
  Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
  Chester Springs is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is centered on West Pikeland Township, and extends into Upper Uwchlan Township, East Nantmeal Township, Wallace Township and West Vincent Township. The Chester Springs postal zone is considerably...
  
  
• Chester Township (disambiguation)
• Chester-Chester Depot, Vermont
• New Chester, Wisconsin
  New Chester, Wisconsin
  New Chester is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 864 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Brooks and Grand Marsh are located in the town.-Geography:New Chester is located at ....
  
  
• Port Chester, New York
  Port Chester, New York
  Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The village is part of the town of Rye. As of the 2010 census, Port Chester had a population of 28,967...
  
  

Ships

• HMS Chester
  HMS Chester
  Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chester, after the city of Chester:*HMS Chester was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1691. She was captured by the French in 1707 at the Battle at The Lizard....
  
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• The USS Chester (CL-1)
  USS Chester (CL-1)
  USS Chester of the United States Navy was a light cruiser, the first to be so designated.She was launched on 26 June 1907 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss D. W. Sproul, and commissioned on 25 April 1908, Commander H. B. Wilson in command...
  
  , a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1921
• The USS Chester (CA-27)
  USS Chester (CA-27)
  USS Chester , a Northampton-class heavy cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania....
  
  , a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930

People

• Chester A. Arthur
  Chester A. Arthur
  Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...
  
   (1829–1886), the 21st president of the United States
• Chester Bennington
  Chester Bennington
  Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Linkin Park....
  
   (b. 1976), the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park
• Chester Brown
  Chester Brown
  Chester William David Brown , is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada....
  
   (b. 1960), Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada
• Chester Burnett (1910–1976), known as Howlin' Wolf
  Howlin' Wolf
  Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
  
  , American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
• Chester Carlson
  Chester Carlson
  Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington....
  
   (1906–1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney
• Chester Conklin
  Chester Conklin
  Chester Cooper Conklin was an American comedian and actor. He appeared in over 280 films, about half of them in the silent era.-Early life:...
  
   (1886–1971), American comedian and actor
• Chester Conn
  Chester Conn
  Chester Conn , sometimes spelled Chester Cohn, was an American composer of popular music.Conn's best-known song is the jazz standard "Sunday", which he wrote with Jule Styne, Ned Miller, and Benny Krueger...
  
   (b. 1896), American composer of popular music
• Chester Crocker
  Chester Crocker
  Chester Arthur Crocker is an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1981 to 1989 in the Reagan administration. Crocker, architect of the U.S...
  
   (b. 1941), American diplomat
• Chester Gould (1900–1985), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
• Chester Himes
  Chester Himes
  Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels...
  
   (1909–1984), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go
• Chester Holifield (1903–1995), United States Representative from California
• Chester Kallman
  Chester Kallman
  Chester Simon Kallman was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.-Life:...
  
   (1921–1975), American writer
• Chester Ludgin
  Chester Ludgin
  -Biography:Chester Ludgin was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He made his professional debut in 1956 with The Experimental Opera Theatre of America , as Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, conducted by Renato Cellini and directed by Armando Agnini...
  
   (1925–2003), American operatic baritone
• Chester Manifold
  Chester Manifold
  James Chester Manifold was an Australian politician and philanthropist.-Early life:Manifold attended Geelong Grammar School, and went to England with his family in 1881; however, the northern climate did not agree with his health, so the family returned...
  
   (1867–1918), Australian politician and philanthropist.
• Chester Morris
  Chester Morris
  Chester Morris was an American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s.-Career:...
  
   (1901–1970), American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s
• Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), American five-star admiral
• Chester Taylor
  Chester Taylor
  Chester Lamar Taylor also known as "Che Tay" is an American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
  
   (b. 1979), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals
• Chester Thompson
  Chester Thompson
  Chester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer and session musician.-Biography:Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band and with Weather Report...
  
   (b. 1948), American drummer and session musician
• Chester Williams
  Chester Williams
  Chester Mornay Williams is a former South African rugby union rugby player. He played as a winger for the Springboks from 1993 to 2000...
  
   (b. 1970), former South African rugby union rugby player
• Chester Sidney Williams
  Chester Sidney Williams
  Chester Sidney Williams was an American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms.Williams received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked as a representative of the Convention des Etudiants from 1928-1929. From 1930-1931 he was...
  
   (1907-1992), American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms

• Art Chester
  Art Chester
  Art Chester was an American air racer of the 1930s and 1940s.- Early life :Art Chester was a Barnstormer of the 1930s. He developed a series of successful air racers named after Popeye characters. The Chester Jeep, Chester Goon, and Chester Swee Pea.In September 1930, Chester bought a Davis...
  
   (1899–1949), American air racer
• Bob Chester
  Bob Chester
  Bob Chester was an American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.Chester's stepfather ran General Motors's Fisher Body Works. He began his career as a sideman under Irving Aaronson, Ben Bernie, and Ben Pollack. He formed his own group in Detroit in 1939, with a Glenn...
  
   (1908-1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
• Charlie Chester
  Charlie Chester
  Charlie Chester was a British comedian and TV and radio presenter, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of Max Miller.- Life and career :...
  
   (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian
• Craig Chester
  Craig Chester
  Craig Chester is an American actor and screenwriter.He is best known for his performances in independent films in the 1990s, starting with his debut in Swoon , which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination...
  
   (b. 1965), American actor and screenwriter
• Frank Chester
  Frank Chester
  Frank Leslie Chester was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1953....
  
   (1901–1966), Canadian politician in Manitoba
• Frank Chester (umpire)
  Frank Chester (umpire)
  Frank Chester was an English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire.Chester was an all-rounder, a left-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm bowler, who played 55 first-class matches for county side Worcestershire as a teenager from 1912 to 1914...
  
   (1895-1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
• Gary Chester
  Gary Chester
  Gary Chester was one of the 20th century's busiest studio drummers. Gary is counted as one of the greats when it comes to studio session musicians. His work appears on thousands of tracks, including hundreds of hit records from the '50s, '60s and '70s...
  
   (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
• Major F. G. L. Chester
  F. G. L. Chester
  Lieutenant-Colonel Francis George Leach "Gort" Chester DSO, OBE was a British soldier who led several Z Special Unit operations in Borneo during World War II.- Life :...
  
   (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
• Ilan Chester
  Ilan Chester
  Ilan Chester is a celebrated Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer. Born in Israel in 1952, of European parents, Ilan emigrated to Venezuela in 1953.- Biography :...
  
   (b. 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
• James Chester
  James Chester
  James Grant Chester is an English footballer who plays for Hull City as a centre back. He has also played on loan for Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle and Carlisle United.-Career:...
  
   (b. 1989), English footballer who plays for Hull City
• Raymond Chester
  Raymond Chester
  Raymond Tucker Chester was an American football tight end.Chester was drafted in the first round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played twelve years in the NFL for the Raiders and Colts, and made four Pro Bowl squads...
  
   (b. 1948), retired American football tight end
• William Chester, disambiguation page

• Chester McBadbat, The Fairly OddParents character
• Chester the Molester
  Chester the Molester
  Chester the Molester was a comic strip by the late Dwaine B. Tinsley , who was Hustler magazine's cartoon editor. Tinsley produced the strip for 13 years. The premise of the strip was a tongue-in-cheek take on a man, Chester, who was interested in sexually molesting women and prepubescent girls...
  
  , cartoon character from Hustler magazine

Animals

• Chester Cheetah
  Chester Cheetah
  Chester Cheetah is a fictional character and the official mascot for Cheetos brand snacks and Chester's Puffcorn. According to an article in The New York Times, DDB Needham Worldwide is responsible for the creation of Chester; however, an episode of Unwrapped claims that the mascot was created by...
  
  , mascot for the snack food Cheetos
• Chester Drescher
  Chester Drescher
  Chester Drescher was a performing dog born in 1982 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA; he died in 2000.He was Fran Drescher's Pomeranian. He played C.C. Babcock's dog on The Nanny, who seemed to like nanny Fran Fine better than he did C.C...
  
   (1982-2000), a performing dog born Queens, New York, USA
• Chester (horse)
  Chester (horse)
  Chester was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.-Breeding:...
  
   (1874–1888), a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire
• Chester White
  Chester White
  The Chester White is a breed of domestic pig which originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania.The Chester White was first developed around 1815-1818, using strains of large, white pigs common to the Northeast U.S. and a white boar imported from Bedfordshire...
  
  , a breed of domestic pig which originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Other uses

• The Chester Beatty Library
  Chester Beatty Library
  The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1950, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present library, on the grounds of Dublin Castle, opened on February 7, 2000, the 125th anniversary of Sir Alfred's birth and was named European Museum...
  
   in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• The Chester River
  Chester River
  The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses , which includes of land. Thus the total watershed area is 20% water. It forms the border between Kent County and Queen Anne's County, Maryland, with its...
  
  , a tributary of Chesapeake Bay
• Chester (song)
  Chester (song)
  Among the patriotic anthems sung during the American Revolutionary War, only Yankee Doodle was more popular than William Billings's Chester. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing...
  
  , an American Revolutionary War anthem composed by William Billings
• Chester (album)
  Chester (album)
  Chester is an EP by indie folk musician Josh Rouse and Lambchop member Kurt Wagner. It was released in 1999 by Slow River Records.- Track listing :# "Somehow You Could Always Tell"# "That's What I Know"# "Table Dance"# "65"# "I Couldn't Wait"...
  
  , by Josh Rouse
• Chester Barklight, a playable character from the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
  Tales of Phantasia
  is a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
  
  
• Chester, a prison slang term for a child molester (see Child sex abuse)
• Chester F.C. a football (soccer) club based in Chester, England
• Chester French
  Chester French
  Chester French is an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey...
  
  , an American pop music group

See also

• Chesterfield (disambiguation)
  Chesterfield (disambiguation)
  Chesterfield is a market town and borough in Derbyshire, England.Chesterfield may also refer to:- Places :Canada:* Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan, Rural Municipality* Chesterfield Inlet, NunavutUnited States of America :...
  
  
• Chestertown (disambiguation)
• Chesterville (disambiguation)