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Chester
Chester is a town in Penobscot County, settled in 1823 by Frank Stratton from Albion, incorporated on February 26, 1834 from T1 R8 WPR township.
The post-statehood boom affected this town as many others, and the population grew accordingly with farms and mills occupying the landscape.
The name was provided by Samuel Chesley, recently of Chester, New Hampshire, indirectly for the English town of the same name.
Across the Penobscot River from the mill town of Lincoln, Chester's small population grew by almost 19 percent in the decade ending in 2000.
From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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Population: 5254Population Density: 16County: PenobscotSchool District: MSAD 67Area: 34.6 sq miles
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