Chester
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. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45720.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 2,330 residents
- Description: human settlement in Meigs County, Ohio, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chester, OH” and “Chester, Ohio”
- Postal code: 45720
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Meigs County Courthouse and Mound Cemetery Mound.
Old Meigs County Courthouse
Historic building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Old Meigs County Courthouse is a historic former government building in the small community of Chester, Ohio, United States. Erected in the early nineteenth century, the courthouse served multiple purposes for the surrounding community in its early years, but it operated as a courthouse for less than twenty years before being abandoned in favor of another courthouse in another community.
Mound Cemetery Mound
Peak
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Mound Cemetery Mound is a Native American mound in central Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Located in the eponymous Mound Cemetery, the mound lies north of the community of Chester in Chester Township. Mound Cemetery Mound is situated 2 miles north of Chester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsbury and Success.
Kingsbury
Hamlet
Kingsbury is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Kingsbury is situated 4½ miles west of Chester.
Success
Hamlet
Success is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Success is situated 6 miles northeast of Chester.
Minersville
Hamlet
Minersville is an unincorporated community in Sutton Township, Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Minersville is situated 6 miles southwest of Chester.
Chester
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Chester Township, Meigs, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.08758° or 39° 5′ 15″ northLongitude
-81.92264° or 81° 55′ 22″ westPopulation
2,330Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)United Nations Location Code
US SE9Open location code
86FW33QG+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 154128200OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Chester” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “切斯特 (俄亥俄州)”
- Chinese: “切斯特”
- French: “Chester”
- Hebrew: “צ’סטר”
- Irish: “Chester”
- Volapük: “Chester (OH)”
- Volapük: “Chester, OH”
- Volapük: “Chester, Ohio”
- Volapük: “Chester”
- Welsh: “Chester”
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