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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001228532-08-000055.txt : 20080925
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080925122507
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228532-08-000055
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080915
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080925
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080925

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000019745
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		IRS NUMBER:				510064146
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1212

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 SILVER LAKE BLVD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 615
		CITY:			DOVER
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19903-0615
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3027346799

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 SILVER LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			DOVER
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19904

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Morgan Dianna
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001300572

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11590
		FILM NUMBER:		081088114

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		407-540-2698

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		450 S. ORANGE AVE.
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-09-15</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000019745</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CPK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001300572</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Morgan Dianna</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>909 SILVER LAKE BLVD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DOVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DE</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19904</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>411</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Effective September 15, 2008, Dianna F. Morgan became a Director of the Company.  She received 411 shares of stock as a pro-rated annual retainer for her remaining 2008/2009 term of service on Chesapeake's Board of Directors.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Beth W. Cooper, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-09-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>diannamorgan2.txt
<DESCRIPTION>MORGANPOWEROFATTORNEY
<TEXT>

POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned     Dianna F.
Morgan     hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael P.
McMasters and Beth W. Cooper signing singly, as the true and
lawful agent of the undersigned and attorney-in-fact to:
	(1) complete and execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned the Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
necessary amendments thereto, required to be filed
by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder; by reason of the status of
the undersigned as a director of Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation (the ?Company?);
	(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5, and any necessary amendments thereto, and file
the same with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and with any stock exchange with
which such forms are required to be filed; and
	(3) take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such agent and attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such agent and
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such agent and attorney-in-fact, or such
substitute or substitutes of the agent and attorney-in-fact,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing agents and
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the holdings of the undersigned and
transactions in securities of the Company, or until earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing agents and attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd  day of September 2008.
/s/Dianna F. Morgan	________________________________
Dianna F. Morgan	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires:_______
</TEXT>
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