Chester
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town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- U s state
- Connecticut
- County
- Middlesex
- Region
- Lower CT River Valley
- Type
- Selectman-town meeting
- First selectman
- Cynthia Lignar ( D )
- Selectman
- Patricia Bandzes ( D )
- State rep
- Renee LaMark Muir ( D - 36 )
- State senator
- Norman Needleman ( D - 33 )
- Total
- 16.8 sq mi (43.5 km )
- Land
- 16.0 sq mi (41.5 km )
- Water
- 0.81 sq mi (2.1 km )
- Elevation
- 377 ft (115 m)
- Density
- 234/sq mi (90.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip code
- 06412
- Area codes
- 860/959
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chester
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 3749
- Area
- 16.8
- Elevation
- 110
- Official website
- www.chesterct.com
- Image
- Memorial Day ceremony 1990 Chester Connecticut.jpg
- Households
- 1724
- Dialing code
- 860
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- Commons category
- Chester, Connecticut
- postal code
- 06412
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- per capita income
- 41045
- P8168
- Quod auctoritate
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Encyclopedic overview
Chester is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 3,749 at the 2020 census. The town center is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP). The name is a transfer from Chester, in England.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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