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The General Court chose the name “Chester” instead and passed the act to change its name on February 21, 1783. [3] Chester Railroad Station. The Western Railroad (later Boston & Albany Railroad) opened to Chester on May 24, 1841. [4] In 1893 the collapse of a railroad bridge in Chester killed 14 people. [5]
Pages in category "People from Chester, Massachusetts" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
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The North Chester Historic District is a historic district encompassing the rural village center of North Chester in the town of Chester, Massachusetts.One of the rural community's early settlement nodes, it thrived into the early 19th century around a stagecoach tavern, a few small mills, and farming, and retains buildings and archaeological remains representative of this history.
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.
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Leake moved to Chester in 1951 and began working for the Lewis M. Hunt Funeral Home. In 1959, she opened her own business, the W.M. Leake Funeral Home, at Third and Broomall Streets in Chester. In May 1972, she moved the business to 10th and Pusey Street in Chester. [2] The funeral home was purchased by the Hunt Irving Funeral Home in 2007.
The village got its name from the Chester Glass Factory, which operated in the area through the War of 1812. It benefited from the construction of a turnpike (now United States Route 20) leading to Chester Center in 1804, and was transformed by the arrival of the railroad around 1840. The village became an important provisioning stop for trains ...