Chester, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} thumb|The Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy

'''Chester''' is an unincorporated community in central Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1048598}}</ref> It lies along the Shade River at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 248.<ref>{{cite book| title= Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1991 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-233-1 |pages= 80}}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 45720.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010053811/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=45720 |date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref>

==History== Chester was platted in about 1822 as the original seat of Meigs County.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pickens |first1=Jordan D.|last2=Tribe|first2=Ivan M.|title=Meigs County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9zlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|date=10 March 2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1134-8|page=7}}</ref> The county seat was removed to Pomeroy in 1841.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chestercourthouse.com/restoration.htm | title=Courthouse Building Restoration | publisher=Chester Shade Historical Association | accessdate=12 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107083124/http://www.chestercourthouse.com/restoration.htm | archive-date=7 November 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Old Meigs County Courthouse still stands in Chester and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/oh/meigs/state.html | title=OHIO - Meigs County | publisher=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com | accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Chester since 1823.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Meigs |title=Meigs County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=12 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100105/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Meigs |archivedate=22 December 2015 }}</ref>

==Education== Public education in the community of Chester is provided by the Eastern Local School District. Campuses serving the community include Eastern Elementary School<ref>[http://www.easternlocal.com/school_home.aspx?schoolID=1 Eastern Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201051955/http://www.easternlocal.com/school_home.aspx?schoolid=1 |date=February 1, 2009}}</ref> (Grades K–8) and Eastern High School<ref>[http://www.easternlocal.com/school_home.aspx?schoolID=3 Eastern Local School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201052000/http://www.easternlocal.com/school_home.aspx?schoolid=3 |date=February 1, 2009 }}</ref> (Grades 9–12).

==Notable people== Noted American author Ambrose Bierce was born just downstream of Chester in the Shade River valley.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Meigs County, Ohio Category:Populated places established in 1800