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Chester is a city in , United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 census. It is located along the Ohio River in the state's northern panhandle and is the northernmost city in West Virginia.
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  • Type: Town with 2,400 residents
  • Description: city in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Chester, West Virginia”, “Chester, WV”, and “Mercer”
  • Postal code: 26034

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chester teapot and Carnegie Public Library.

Work of art
Photo: Kurtsampsel, Public domain.
The is billed as the "World's Largest Teapot", which measures 14 feet in height by 14 feet in diameter. Its current location is on the former site of a popular amusement park, Rock Springs Park, off an onramp along U.S. Highway 30 in the City of Chester in , .

Library
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The in , is a public library located at 219 East Fourth Street. The construction of the library, which opened in 1902, was funded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, whose uncle lived in East Liverpool.

Islet
is an in , on the Ohio River between , and Chester, West Virginia. It takes its name from the Babb family of , Ohio which once owned the island from 1804 to 1820—John Babb was the original owner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Liverpool and East Fifth Street Historic District.

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is a city in , United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River at the intersection of Ohio, and about 30 miles from both and .

Neighborhood
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The , located in , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway.

Village
is an unincorporated community in northeastern , United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history.

Chester

Latitude
40.61312° or 40° 36′ 47″ north
Longitude
-80.56285° or 80° 33′ 46″ west
Population
2,400
Elevation
705 feet (215 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CR5
Open location code
86GXJC7P+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154060072
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5280161
Wiki­data ID
Q2456185
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chester” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشيستر”
  • Basque: “Chester”
  • Catalan: “Chester”
  • Cebuano: “Chester”
  • Chechen: “Честер (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Честер”
  • Chinese: “Chester”
  • Chinese: “切斯特”
  • Czech: “Chester”
  • Danish: “Chester”
  • Dutch: “Chester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشيستر”
  • French: “Chester”
  • German: “Chester”
  • Gilaki: “چستر (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “چستر”
  • Greek: “Τσέστερ”
  • Irish: “Chester”
  • Italian: “Chester”
  • Japanese: “チェスター”
  • Korean: “체스터”
  • Ladin: “Chester”
  • Malagasy: “Chester, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Chester”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chester”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chester”
  • Norwegian: “Chester”
  • Persian: “چستر”
  • Polish: “Chester”
  • Portuguese: “Chester”
  • Russian: “Честер”
  • Serbian: “Честер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chester, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chester”
  • Slovak: “Chester”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چزتر، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Chester (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Chester”
  • Swedish: “Chester, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Chester”
  • Tatar: “Честер (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Честер”
  • Ukrainian: “Честер”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹر، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹر”
  • Volapük: “Chester”
  • Welsh: “Chester, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Chester”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Westminster United Church and Chester Volunteer Fire Department.

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