Chester Center

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Chester Center

Total population

2,026

Median home value

$422,500

40.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$89,375

Chester Center$89k

National$74k

Coordinates41.40°, -72.46°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chester Center is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village in the town of Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is located in the southeastern corner of the town, bordered to the south by the town of Deep River and to the southwest largely by the Connecticut Route 9 freeway.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Frederick William Lord

American politician (1800-1860)

Gretchen Mol

American actress and former model

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Abraham Nott

American politician (1768-1830)

Alpheus S. Williams

Union Army general, politician (1810-1878)

A

Ansel Sterling

American politician (1782-1853)

Roger Griswold

American politician (1762-1812)

M

Matthew Griswold

American judge (1714-1799)

Elizabeth Jarvis Colt

widow and heir of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt (1826–1905)

Morrison Waite

American jurist (1816–1888); Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1874 to 1888

Henry R. Selden

American judge (1805-1885)

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John Ely

American politician (1774-1849)

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Sarah Prineas

American writer

Duncan Starr Johnson

botanist (1867-1937)

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Mary Rogers

American murder victim

Paul Hopkins

American baseball player (1904-2004)

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Frank Jewett Mather

American journalist and museum director (1868-1953)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Connecticut

• Deep River Center
  1.9 mi away · pop. 2,407
• Essex Village
  4.6 mi away
• Higganum
  8 mi away
• Madison Center
  11.3 mi away
• East Hampton
  11.9 mi away
• Durham
  12.6 mi away · pop. 3,347
• Lake Pocotopaug
  13.9 mi away
• Guilford Center
  14.2 mi away
• Portland
  14.7 mi away · pop. 5,944
• Terramuggus
  15.9 mi away
• Oxoboxo River
  17.3 mi away
• Wallingford Center
  19 mi away

Browse all places in Connecticut →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chester Center

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

fortune's spindle

Euonymus fortunei

Seen 2026-09-25

Tomentose Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus tomentosus

Seen 2026-09-25

Pickerel Frog

Lithobates palustris

Seen 2026-09-25

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-09-24

Black-tipped Darner

Aeshna tuberculifera

Seen 2026-09-24

Ravenel's stinkhorn

Phallus ravenelii

Seen 2026-09-24

Northern Cinnabar Polypore

Trametes cinnabarina

Seen 2026-09-24

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

Seen 2026-09-24

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).