Incorporated: 1722
Population: 4,617
County Name: Rockingham
(county map)
Town Contact:
Town of Chester
PO Box 217,
Municipal Office Building
Chester, NH 03036

Phone: 603-887-5629
Fax: 603-887-4404
Website: www.chesternh.org

Origin:
First called the chestnut country, it may have been the first of the settlement grants by Massachusetts selected for expansion of growing populations in the seacoast. The name may have derived from Cheshire, Chester being the county seat of Cheshire in England. Earl of Chester is a title held by the Prince of Wales.

More about Chester:
Since 1722 Chester New Hampshire has offered a quiet rural family lifestyle with a strong sense of history and community pride.