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Town
Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets within this Township
Chester, Chester Depot, Flamstead, New Flamstead, Gassetts, Reedville, Spoonerville
Town Clerk
Sandra K. Walker
P.O. Box 370
Chester, VT 05143
Ph: 875-2173
Fax: 875-2237
E-mail: N/A
Web Site
Chester: http://chester-vt.com/
Chester: http://www.linkvermont.com/townsvill/chester_grafton/index.htm
American Local History Network: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/windsor/chester/index.htm
US GenWeb: http://home.att.net/~local_history/Windsor-Co-VT.htm#CHESTER
Vermont Gateway: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/WindsorChester.html
Virtual Vermont: http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/chester.html
Vermont in the Civil War: http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/place/c/chester.shtml
http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/cem/chester.shtml
Population According to the U.S. Federal Census
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Chester |
981
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1,878
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2,370
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2,493
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2,320
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2,305
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2,001
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2,126
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2,052
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1,901
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1,787
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Chester |
1,775
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1,784
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1,633
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1,666
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1,740
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1,981
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2,318
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2,371
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2,791
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2,832
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3,044
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Cemeteries & Years in Use
Bailey's Mills (private): 1840-1870
Brookside: 1770-present
North Street: 1816-present
Pleasantview: 1875-present
Poplar Grove: 1843-present
Simsbury: 1789-1969
Smokeshire: 1804-present
Trebo: 1790-1901
Local Historical Societies, Libraries & Museums
Chester Historical Society
Main Street
Chester, VT 05143
802-875-3767 or 802-875-2497
The society rents the Academy Building from the Town of Chester and
displays collections of 19th-century household furnishings, quilts, costumes,
agricultural machines, documents, and early typewriters. It also owns the
former firehouse in Chester Depot, where there is a small collection of
19th-century fire-fighting equipment. Contact Person: Pat Ballou.
Hours and Admission: Sat and Sun, 2 – 5pm, and by appointment. Free. Not
accessible to the disabled.
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