Chester, a quaint community, famous for autumn festivities.
Chester is a rural quaint community only minutes away from shopping and commerce located in Derry and Manchester. Chester residents have become famous for their annual halloween scarecrow celebration where well over 500 scarecrows don the landscape throughout the community. Chester gets thousands of visitors each year touring the town to view these creations, each one being unique and quite entertaining.
Elementary and middle school students attend Chester Academy which is public. High school students attend Pinkerton Academy, a privately operated school in Derry that contracts with the town.