Country United States County Sanpete Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) Elevation 1,681 m Zip code 84623 Area code 435 | State Utah Founded by David Candland ZIP codes 84623 Population 178 (2000) Local time Saturday 5:13 AM Named for Chesterfield | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 51% Humidity | ||
Chester is an unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Spring City at the junction of SR-132 and SR-117. The population was 178 at the 2000 census.
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Map of Chester, UT 84646, USA
History
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.
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Chester, Utah Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA