THE CHESTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Nebraska/Kansas Loess Hills setting.
Chester township has 29.7 square miles of land in Saunders County. Its Census reference point is in Nebraska/Kansas Loess Hills, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Chester and Saunders County
Chester is associated with Saunders County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Chester by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Chester, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Saunders County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chester township has 91 times the land area of nearby Prague village (0.33 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

