This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zc.2ADI/1164.1.1 Message Board Post: Is this the same Chester that is in Dodge County? If so, Chester was founded much more recently thatn that, I believe it was founded as a railroad town for lumber in the late 1800's.