Chester is an unincorporated community in central Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. [1] It lies along the Shade River at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 248. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 45720. [3]
Chester is an unincorporated community in central Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. [1] It lies along the Shade River at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 248. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 45720. [3]
Chester was platted in about 1822 as the original seat of Meigs County. [4] The county seat was removed to Pomeroy in 1841. [5] The Old Meigs County Courthouse still stands in Chester and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [6] A post office has been in operation at Chester since 1823. [7]
Public education in the community of Chester is provided by the Eastern Local School District. Campuses serving the community include Eastern Elementary School [8] (Grades K–8) and Eastern High School [9] (Grades 9–12).
Noted American author Ambrose Bierce was born just downstream of Chester in the Shade River valley.
Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,210. Its county seat is Pomeroy. The county is named for Return J. Meigs Jr., the fourth Governor of Ohio.
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Chester Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,713, a decrease of 125 (−1.6%) from the 2010 census count of 7,838, which in turn reflected an increase of 556 (+7.6%) from the 7,282 counted in the 2000 census. The township's name is derived from Chestershire in England.
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The Meigs County Courthouse is a local government building in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1840s in this Ohio River village, it serves as the seat of government for Meigs County, and it is one of Ohio's oldest courthouses still used for its original purpose.
The Old Meigs County Courthouse is a historic former government building in the small community of Chester, Ohio, United States. Erected in the early nineteenth century, the courthouse served multiple purposes for the surrounding community in its early years, but it operated as a courthouse for less than twenty years before being abandoned in favor of another courthouse in another community. Following a restoration in the 1950s, it was designated a historic site in the 1970s along with an adjacent school; the two buildings are operated together as a museum. It is Ohio's oldest extant building constructed as a courthouse.
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