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Chester

Chester is a census-designated place in , , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,414.
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  • Type: Town with 23,400 residents
  • Description: census-designated place (CDP) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Chester, VA” and “Chester, Virginia”
  • Postal codes: 23831 and 23836

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Johns Church and Thomas Dale High School - Main Campus.

Church
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Wyatt Chapel at Chester Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at the junction of Osborne Road and VA 10 in Chester, .

School
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Thomas Dale High School is a public high school located in Chester, an unincorporated community in , , United States. It was named for Sir Thomas Dale, a 17th-century leader in the Virginia Colony.

School
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centralia and Chesterfield Court House.

Locality
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is an unincorporated community located in , United States. The community is situated at the intersection of state routes 145 and 144. is situated 2 miles northwest of Chester.

Town
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is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place that is the county seat of , United States. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Chester.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 6,352 at the 2010 census. The community takes its name from , one of the James River Plantations. is situated 4½ miles north of Chester.

Chester

Latitude
37.35622° or 37° 21′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.44606° or 77° 26′ 46″ west
Population
23,400
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CSZ
Open location code
87949H43+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158536695
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4752229
Wiki­data ID
Q1375884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chester” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشيستر”
  • Basque: “Chester”
  • Cebuano: “Chester”
  • Chechen: “Честер”
  • Chinese: “Chester”
  • Chinese: “切斯特”
  • Dutch: “Chester”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉestro”
  • French: “Chester”
  • German: “Chester”
  • Gilaki: “چستر (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “چستر”
  • Irish: “Chester”
  • Italian: “Chester”
  • Japanese: “チェスター”
  • Ladin: “Chester”
  • Malagasy: “Chester, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Chester”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chester”
  • Persian: “چستر، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “چستر”
  • Polish: “Chester”
  • Portuguese: “Chester”
  • Russian: “Честер”
  • Serbian: “Честер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chester, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chester”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چستر، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Chester (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Chester”
  • Swedish: “Chester, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Chester”
  • Tatar: “Честер”
  • Ukrainian: “Честер”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹر، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹر”
  • Uzbek: “Chester”
  • Uzbek: “Честер”
  • Welsh: “Chester, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Chester”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chester”. Photo: James Shelton32, CC BY-SA 3.0.