Chester is an

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in Marion Township, Olmsted County,

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, United States. It is located immediately east of

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along

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near Olmsted County Roads 19 and 119. Chester Woods Park is nearby. Chester was an early station outside

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, from which it took its name. At some point in the late 1800s or early 1900s, this station was renamed to Haverhill, the township just to the north of Marion Township, perhaps to avoid confusion with Rochester.

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Unincorporated communities in Olmsted County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{OlmstedCountyMN-geo-stub