Chester, Connecticut

ZIP codes in Chester

Area codes for Chester

• Area code 860

  In service since August 28, 1995. Shares its area with 959. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

• Area code 959

  In service since August 30, 2014. Shares its area with 860. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

Area codes here are matched from telephone rate centers, so a place near a boundary can have local numbers from either side of it.

Time zone

Chester is in the Eastern Time zone.

Towns near Chester

• Chester Center0.6 km (0.4 mi)
• Deep River3.4 km (2.1 mi)
• Deep River Center3.5 km (2.2 mi)
• Hadlyme4.6 km (2.9 mi)
• Ivoryton7.3 km (4.5 mi)
• Haddam7.3 km (4.5 mi)
• Centerbrook7.5 km (4.7 mi)
• Essex7.9 km (4.9 mi)