Chester, South Dakota

About Chester

Chester is a small unincorporated community in eastern South Dakota.

Chester holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.82 square miles.

📰 Chester News Today

• Dale Ivan Schut Obituary Aug 10, 2026 Minnehaha Funeral Home & Cremation Services · Aug 10
• Joyce Kunz Obituary Jul 11, 2026 Hartquist Funeral & Cremation Services · Jul 11
• State volleyball tournament: Chester Area three-peats with sweep over Warner; Northwestern finishes third Aberdeen Insider · Nov 23
• Roxann Janine Wold Obituary Jan 12, 2026 Minnehaha Funeral Home & Cremation Services · Jan 12
• James Osterloo Obituary Jan 15, 2026 Walter Funeral Homes · Jan 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Chester Unique

• One of 19 places in the US named Chester — but the South Dakota one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern South Dakota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chester

• Buffalo Slough State Game Refuge reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Chester

• Chester Area Cyber School - 92
• Chester Elementary -02
• Chester High School - 01
• Chester Middle School - 03
• High Plains - 06

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Chester

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