Chester, Maryland

About Chester

Chester, MD is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Maryland.

Chester holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.24 square miles.

📰 Chester News Today

• 1905 Bayside Dr, Chester, MD 21619 Realtor.com · Oct 7
• Margaret Sullivan Davis "Maggie" - View Obituary & Service Information Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home · May 13
• Police Charge Queen Anne’s County Man After Trooper-Involved Shooting Maryland.gov · Apr 20
• Chester Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Chester, Maryland - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Aug 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Maryland headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Chester Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Chester — but the Maryland one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Chester

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Chester

• Frix's Fire Grill
• El Jefe Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chester

• Bodkin Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Kent Island Research Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cross Island Trailhead at Macuum Creek reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Chester

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