Chester (Vermont)

Windsor County

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Chester is a town in Windsor County, the State of Vermont in the United States with 3,154 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010).

The Town is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River on the east side of the Green Mountains. The Town Chester has a northern and a southern main population center, Chester Village, Chester Depot, on, that are separated by about 1.5 km distance. Both districts are almost grown for years.

The area was first for settlement under the name of Flamstead proclaimed on February 22, 1754 by Benning Wentworth. However, in the wake of disputes with the state of New York, of the area after a decree of King George III. from July 26, 1764 also claimed for himself, informed the settlers on July 14, 1766, that the land belongs now to the state of New York and will operate under the name Chester with modified external borders. This provision was accepted; the community thus became one of New York; a second proclamation by New Hampshire on November 3, 1766, this time under the name of New Flamstead remained ineffective. On July 3, 1766 by New York was the - now defunct - Cumberland County, has been set up; Chester was appointed as administrative headquarters, but was relocated in 1772 to Westminster. The first town meeting was held in 1767, the first church was consecrated in 1773. Only as part of the independent Vermont Republic Chester returned back to the borders of 1761, but retained the name Chester at.

Before the construction of the railway lines was the southern Village intersection of two stagecoach lines (Boston - Montreal and Hanover - Albany ). Due to the well-maintained roads, the Town had developed as an important transport route from the east coast to New York by the Green Mountains. The Town benefited from this circumstance, how to recognize the large number of shops, particularly in the southern Village: for 1840, in addition to a saddler, two blacksmiths and a wagon wheel maker, two taverns, a furniture maker, two grocery stores, two Chandler, a post office, a clothing store, a millinery, two tool shops and even three lawyers assigned - for a place with about 60 houses. Between 1814 and 1876 there was next to some 20 primary schools, a higher education institution, the Chester Academy.

The Valley of the Williams River also followed the railway line Bellows Falls Burlington, which was built in 1847 and opened in 1849. Chester was a railway station that was hit to 1953 of passenger trains; drove up the traffic was in 1961 after which only freight trains on the track. With the establishment of the steam locomotive museum Steamtown 1964 in Bellows Falls of Chester station was occasionally approached again by passenger trains. The Victorian precincts of the city and in 1834 built stone houses in Stone Village presented rapidly as a tourist attraction out what the residents as an opportunity: today the city is a classic tourist destination Vermont. In 1984, the steam locomotive museum closed, moved the locomotives and steam operation in Vermont were banned for environmental reasons presented to the trips to the tourist train Green Mountain Flyer about not one, but turned to diesel - operating to and enhanced the driving distance. Since then, start the circulating at scheduled excursion train in North Walpole, New Hampshire. The proximity of three winter sports centers ( at Mount Snow, Okemo and Killington ) extends the tourist season throughout the year.

Since the mid- 1980s, two cottages and two Gebäudeessemble, including the Stone Village, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The city is connected by the Vermont State Route 131, which runs from Rockingham to Rutland and runs through the valley of the Williams River and the main town, and the Vermont State Route 11, which crosses the Chester Village 131 on the road network. The Hartness State Airport in Springfield is located nine km as the crow flies. In the village primary school and a high school are located. Four churches are found: two communities in the Episcopal Church, a Roman Catholic and a congregation of the United Church of Christ. The responsible hospital is located in Springfield.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

North: Cavendish, 10.5 km
Northeast: Weathersfield, 17.0 km
East Springfield, 9.5 km
Southeast: Rockingham, 12.0 km
South Grafton, 10.0 km
Southwest: Windham, 16.0 km
West: Andover, 7.0 km
Northwest: Ludlow, 14.5 km

Sons and daughters of the town

Fernando C. Beaman (1814 - 1882), politician and MP in the U.S. House of Representatives
Melvin Baldwin (1838 - 1901), politician and MP in the U.S. House of Representatives
Donald J. Cram (1919 - 2001), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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