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is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,635.
Chester Township was established as a separate political entity on April 1, 1799, including the area of both the Township and the downtown Village area which came to be the Borough. The Borough of Chester was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 3, 1930, based on the results of a referendum held on April 25, 1930, and is today a separate municipality surrounded entirely by Chester Township.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.5 square miles (4.0 km