Chester, Arkansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Fort Smith. It is located about 25 miles [40 km] to the southwest of Chester and has a population of 80,268 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Fayetteville. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the north of Chester and has a population of 58,047 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alma	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	5,104	22.69% increase
	Barling	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	4,471	7.06% increase
	Bentonville	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	35,526	80.06% increase
	Booneville	S	39 mi [62.8 km]	4,086	0.75% decrease
	Clarksville	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	8,579	11.14% increase
	Greenwood	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	8,635	21.41% increase
	Lowell	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	7,173	43.09% increase
	Rogers	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	56,726	46.09% increase
	Siloam Springs	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	14,825	36.72% increase
	Springdale	N	35 mi [56.3 km]	68,180	48.87% increase
	Van Buren	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	22,543	18.73% increase
	Pocola (OK)	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	4,464	11.77% increase
	Poteau (OK)	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	8,258	4.02% increase
	Sallisaw (OK)	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	8,742	9.43% increase
	Tahlequah (OK)	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	16,623	14.97% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cedarville	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,210	6.8% increase
	Concord	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Dyer	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	615	5.13% increase
	Felkner Town	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Greenland	N	22 mi [35.41 km]	1,238	36.49% increase
	Kibler	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,031	6.4% increase
	Mountainburg	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	713	4.55% increase
	Mulberry	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,719	5.65% increase
	New Town	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Rudy	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	77	6.94% increase
	Sulphur City	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	West Fork	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,326	13.91% increase
	Winslow	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	393	1.5% decrease
	Wright Town	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Short (OK)	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	---

Crawford County

Chester is located in Crawford County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford: Washington, Madison, Franklin, Sebastian, Le Flore (OK), Sequoyah (OK) and Adair (OK). Although it doesn't share a border with Crawford, Johnson it is close to Chester.

Below are counties that are near Chester (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Chester:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Chester
	Benton County	NW	Trident	33 miles [53 km]
	Franklin County	E	Fern	9 miles [14 km]
	Johnson County	E	Oak Grove	27 miles [43 km]
	Logan County	SE	Ratcliff	30 miles [48 km]
	Madison County	NE	Health	15 miles [24 km]
	Newton County	E	Arbaugh	38 miles [61 km]
	Sebastian County	S	Island	18 miles [28 km]
	Washington County	N	Banyard	5 miles [8 km]
	Adair County (OK)	W	Bell (OK)	22 miles [35 km]
	Cherokee County (OK)	W	Tailholt (OK)	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<3>

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