Chester, Utah

Chester
Unincorporated community
Chester Location within the state of Utah
Coordinates: 39°28′34″N 111°33′47″W / 39.47611°N 111.56306°WCoordinates: 39°28′34″N 111°33′47″W / 39.47611°N 111.56306°W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Sanpete
Founded by	David Candland
Named for	Chesterfield
Elevation[1]	5,515 ft (1,681 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	178
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	84623
Area code(s)	435
GNIS feature ID	1439662[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	188		—
1890	259		37.8%
1900	270		4.2%
1910	279		3.3%
1920	256		−8.2%
1930	171		−33.2%
1940	192		12.3%
1950	153		−20.3%
2000	178		—
Source: U.S. Census Bureau[2]

Chester is an unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States, four miles west of Spring City at the junction of SR-132 and SR-117. The population was 178 at the 2000 census. Chester was founded by David Candland. In the beginning the town was named Canal Creek after the waterway from which the community received its water. Candland then changed the name to Chesterfield after his hometown in England; it was later reduced to Chester.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chester, Utah. Retrieved on May 18, 2011.
2. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
3. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.