Official Name: | Chester, Massachusetts |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Label: | Chester |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Massachusetts |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hampden |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Chester |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.70 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.61 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.08 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.43 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.40 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 552 |
Population Density Km2: | 152.81 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 395.70 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 183.3 |
Coordinates: | 42.2792°N -72.9786°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 01011 |
Area Code: | 413 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 25-13450 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0608286 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Chester is a census-designated place that comprises the populated center of the town of Chester in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 627 at the 2010 census,[2] out of 1,337 in the entire town of Chester. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Chester CDP is in the western part of the town of Chester, along U.S. Route 20 (Main Street) in the valley of the West Branch of the Westfield River where it is joined by Walker Brook. US 20 leads southeast down the Westfield River valley to Westfield and to Springfield, while to the west, US 20 turns up the Walker Brook valley and leads across the height of land of the Berkshires to Lee.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Chester CDP has a total area of 3.7sqkm, of which 0.08sqkm, or 2.27%, are water.[2]