Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Chester Township

|settlement_type = Township

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|image_skyline = Wabash - Chester.jpg

|imagesize = 300px

|image_caption = Countryside near Liberty Mills

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|image_map = Map highlighting Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana.svg

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|map_caption = Location in Wabash County

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Wabash

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|government_type = Indiana township

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|area_total_sq_mi = 65.26

|area_land_sq_mi = 65.03

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.23

|area_water_percent = 0.35

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Chester_township,_Wabash_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1816912322 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=Apr 5, 2024}}

|population_total = 7001

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m = 246

|elevation_ft = 807

|coordinates = {{coord|40|58|13|N|85|43|43|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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|postal_code_type = ZIP codes

|postal_code = 46946, 46962, 46990

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|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453198 453198]

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Chester Township is one of seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,001 (down from 8,009 at 2010{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18169

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203937/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18169

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2020-02-12

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1

|publisher=United States Census

|accessdate=2013-05-10

}}) and it contained 3,115 housing units.

The township's name most likely is a transfer from Chester, England.{{cite book|title=Indiana Names, v.4|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000054437169;view=1up;seq=17|year=1973|publisher=Indiana State University|location=Terre Haute, IN|page=11}}