Chester (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Canada 2 England 3 United States of America 3.1 Related place names 3.2 U.S. Navy ships 4 Other uses 5 See also

Chester is a city and is also the county town of Cheshire, England. The name comes from Old English ceastre, city, ultimately from Latin castra, camp.

Chester may also mean the following places:

[edit] Canada

• Chester, Nova Scotia
• Chester (TTC), a subway station in Toronto

[edit] England

• Chester (district), local government area containing the city of Chester

[edit] United States of America

• Chester, Arkansas
• Chester, California
• Chester, Connecticut
• Chester, Georgia
• Chester, Illinois
• Chester, Iowa
• Chester, Maine
• Chester, Maryland
• Chester, Massachusetts
• Chester, Montana
• Chester, Nebraska
• Chester, New Hampshire
• Chester Borough, New Jersey
• Chester Township, New Jersey
• Chester (town), New York (Orange County)
• Chester (village), New York (Orange County)
• Chester, Warren County, New York
• Chester, Ohio
• Chester, Pennsylvania
• Chester, South Carolina
• Chester, Texas
• Chester, Vermont
• Chester, Virginia
• Chester, West Virginia
• Chester, Wisconsin

[edit] Related place names

• Chestertown, Maryland
• Chestertown, New York
• Chester Depot, Vermont
• Chester Heights, Pennsylvania
• Chester Hill, Pennsylvania
• Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
• Chester Township (several)
• New Chester, Wisconsin
• Port Chester, New York

[edit] U.S. Navy ships

• The USS Chester (CL-1), a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1921
• The USS Chester (CA-27), a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930, in use throughout World War II, and decommissioned in 1946

[edit] Other uses

• The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• The Chester River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay
• Chester (song), an American Revolutionary War anthem composed by William Billings
• Chester (album), by Josh Rouse
• Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States
• Chester Barklight, a playable character from the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
• Chester Bennington, a vocalist of the nu metal band Linkin Park
• Charlie Chester (1914-1997), British stand-up comedian
• Gary Chester (1924-1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
• Chester Goode, character played by Parley Baer in the radio adaptation of Gunsmoke
• Chester Goode, character played by Dennis Weaver in the TV adaptation of Gunsmoke
• Chester, the sidekick on the Sifl and Olly show on MTV in the late 1990s
• Chester, a prison slang term for a child molester (see Child sex abuse)
• Chester City F.C., a football (soccer) club based in Chester, England
• Chester McBadbat, The Fairly OddParents character
• Chester Cheetah, mascot for the snack food Cheetos
• Chester W. Nimitz, noted American admiral

[edit] See also

• Chester City (disambiguation)
• Chester County (disambiguation)
• Chester Township (disambiguation)
• Chesterfield (disambiguation)