Chester, California

Chester is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. Chester is located on Lake Almanor, 30mi north-northwest of Quincy. The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020. The population was 2,144 at the 2010 census, down from 2,316 at the 2000 census.The primary industries in Chester are lumber production and tourism. Chester serves as the retail center for the Lake Almanor region of California, and derives a significant portion of its economy from the tourist trade, and to a lesser degree from construction to new residents and businesses.HistoryThe town was founded and named by two settlers, one from Chester, Vermont, and another from Chester, Missouri. The Chester post office opened in 1894 and moved in 1908. notable figure's born in Chester. On September 18, 1975 Rev. Jonathan E.D. Brown was born in Chester to his father Rev. Edward Brown and mother Frances Brown. Rev. Jonathan Brown is noted as being one of America's leading ministers of Inclusion, Teaching "that all faiths are like the different streams leading into lake Almanor in my home town of Chester CA, so in spirituality all faiths are just individual streams leading to one God." He credits this teaching of the gospel of inclusion, as he has been quoted saying in published works " I learned this truth from fishing all over this area as a boy." Having been raised in a classical pentacostal church, he believed that God was bigger than any one denomination or particular faith. He is famous for being a preacher of the power of positive thinking. Following in the steps of two of his spiritual mentors, Rev.Dr. Norman Vincent Peal; who once visited Chester and Susanville himself and Rev. Dr. Robert Schuler, founding Pastor of the world famous Crystal Cathedral in southern California; who also vacationed in Chester and Lake Almanor on many occasions, who stated that "Chester was like a beautiful garden to explore."