Chester (Connecticut)
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Foundation : | 1836 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Connecticut | |
County : | Middlesex County | |
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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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