Community Invited to Celebrate Chester’s 225th Birthday
April 22, 2026 by Staff Report

Chester Township will celebrate its 225th anniversary April 23, with community festivities honoring early settlers Justice and Mabel Miner, who arrived in the area in 1801.

Chester Township will celebrate its 225th anniversary April 23, with community festivities honoring early settlers Justice and Mabel Miner, who arrived in the area in 1801. “It’s so unique that we have this connection to both America 250 and the founding of Chester,” said Diana Kresnye, of the Chester Grave Hunters, earlier this year, To mark the anniversary, the Chester Grave Hunters will host a free community celebration at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at Geauga West Library, 13455 Chillicothe Road, in the Eykyn room. “This event is about rediscovering who we are as a community and sparking excitement for everything...