Chester is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,414.
Chester Station replica in downtown Chester
Chester, Virginia station on the Seaboard Air Line, 1914
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad moved passengers and goods between Richmond and Petersburg from 1838 to 1898. It survived the American Civil War and eventually merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1900.
In 1848, the Chesterfield Railroad is no longer shown and the Clover hill is shown connecting to coal mines, the Clover Hill Pits.
Richmond & Petersburg locomotive destroyed in the fall of Richmond, April 1865
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge after it was destroyed by Confederate Troops.
Former Centralia Station of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad