Chester (Connecticut)

Chester
Memorial Day celebrations in Chester
Location in Connecticut
Chester
Basic data
Foundation :	1836
State :	United States
State :	Connecticut
County :	Middlesex County
Coordinates :	41 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′  N , 72 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	3,832 (as of 2005)
Population density :	92.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	43.5 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 41.5 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	110 m
Postal code :	06412
Area code :	+1 860
FIPS :	09-14300
GNIS ID :	0213407
Website :	www.chesterct.org

Chester (also Chester Parish ) is a small American town in Connecticut . It is located in County Middlesex . Chester is in the NECTA Newhaven .

Population and geography

The 2000 census identified 3,743 residents. The urban area covers an area of ​​43.5 km², 2.1 km² of which are covered by water.

The vast majority of the population (96.79%) are white and 0.85% are African American. Nobody in the population lived below the subsistence level.

Chester has a YMCA camp.

Notable people from Chester

• Tyler Johnson (* 1980), professional cyclist and triathlete.
• Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), minimalist artist
• Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (1874–1964) American doctor
• Morley Safer (1931-2016), CBS news correspondent
• Max Showalter (1917–2000), film and television actor.
• Washington F. Willcox (1834–1909), American politician

literature

• Statistics data (not accessible)

Web links

Commons : Chester (Connecticut)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Central Regional Tourism District

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Connecticut Town in the Order of Their Establishment; With The Origin of Their Names. Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . p9