New Chester is an unincorporated community in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] New Chester is located on Pennsylvania Route 234, approximately four miles north of New Oxford on Oxford Road at the junction with Pennsylvania Route 234.[2]
New Chester was also known as Pine Town, and previously Martzallville was surveyed in 1804 by Henry Martzall.[2]
In 1834, Theodore Taughinbaugh was appointed first postmaster at New Chester.[2]