Chester Township is a civil township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,315.CommunitiesThere are no incorporated municipalities within the township. There are a few unincorporated communities and homeowners associations: Conklin, in the southwest part of the township at. It was a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, with its post office first opening in June 1887 and continues to service most of the township with ZIP code 49403.Crockery Lake, a homeowners' association on Crockery Lake near the center of the township.Harrisburg, on the north branch of Crockery Creek in the northwest of the township at. It was a station on the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway, with a post office operating from December 1888 until February 1907. On the eastern boundary with Sparta Township, Gooding was a station on the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway in Kent County. A post office was established in November 1888 and named after storekeeper/postmaster Richard J. Gooding. In June 1918, the post office was transferred to a site on the Ottawa County side and remained in operation until January 1923. The most noticeable remnant of Gooding is in the name give to Gooding Street, which runs east-west across the township, passing just south of Crockery Lake. The street continues as 13 Mile Road in Kent County and as Ellis Road in Muskegon County.
