Chester

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Chester

Total population

150

Median home value

$120,800

22.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$63,438

Chester$63k

National$74k

Elevation374 m

Land area3.47 km²

Weather63°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates43.49°, -92.36°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Chester is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 139 in the 2020 census, a decrease of 7.9% from the 151 population in the 2000 census. Chester is located close to the state line from Minnesota.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

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

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Chester, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Evan Owen Williams

American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator

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

Nearby places in Iowa

• Lime Springs
  4.9 mi away
• McIntire
  12.1 mi away
• Cresco
  14.9 mi away
• Meyer
  17 mi away
• Elma
  17.4 mi away
• Little Cedar
  19.7 mi away
• Burr Oak
  25.3 mi away
• North Washington
  26 mi away
• Mitchell
  28.1 mi away
• Bassett
  30.7 mi away
• Jackson Junction
  31.3 mi away
• Decorah
  31.9 mi away

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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

Recollections Of Field Service With The Twentieth Iowa Infantry Volunteers

Chester Barney · 1865

Subsurface geology of the Chester series in Illinois

L. E. Workman · 1940

Legislative apportionment

John Chester Culver · 1954

The Chester cook book

Chester Friends Church (Union, Iowa). Woman's Missionary Society · 1925

The courts and legal profession of Iowa ..

Ezra Christian Ebersole · 1907

Hollis notes II, 1639-1996

Hollis, Chester J. · 1996

Race and Excellence

Ezra E. H. Griffith · 1998

Race & excellence

Ezra E. H. Griffith · 1998

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