 chester is a town in rockingham county, new hampshire, united states. the population was 4,768 at the 2010 census.united states census bureau, american factfinder, 2010 census figures. retrieved march 23, 2011. it was home to the now defunct chester college (formerly white pines college). ==history== from statistics and gazetteer of new-hampshire, 1875: "chester is considered one of the old towns of the state. in 1719, about eighty persons, chiefly from portsmouth and hampton, formed an association, for the purpose of securing a tract of land in the "chesnut country" (so called) and stationed three men upon this tract, to hold possession until they should procure a lawful title. after considerable difficulty they obtained a grant of land, ten miles [16 km] square. immediately the settlement was commenced by se
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