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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001228532-09-000014.txt : 20090217
<SEC-HEADER>0001228532-09-000014.hdr.sgml : 20090216
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090217162820
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228532-09-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090217

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOORE JOSEPH E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001228540

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11590
		FILM NUMBER:		09614306

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3509 COASTAL HIGHWAY
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 739
		CITY:			OCEAN CITY
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21843
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3027346716

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:			1211

	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
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<TYPE>5
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001228540</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MOORE JOSEPH E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>909 SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD</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>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-12-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>8674</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes shares acquired since last filing via the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Of these shares, 1,300 represent deferred stock units that will be settled on a one-for-one basis in common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph E. Moore</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>josephmoore.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned  Joseph E.
Moore  hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael P.
McMasters and Beth W. Cooper signing singly, and with full power
of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned:
	(1)  prepare, execute in the name of the
undersigned and on behalf of the undersigned, and
submit to the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling
the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2) complete and execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the capacity of the undersigned
as an officer and/or director of Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation (the Company), Forms 3, 4 and
5, and any 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;

	(3) 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 amendments thereto, and file such
forms and reports with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

	(4) take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms, conditions, provisions and statements as
such attorney-in-fact may determine or approve in
the discretion of such attorney-in-fact.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such 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
attorney-in-fact, or such substitute or substitutes to the
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
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 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 issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of October 2008.

	/s/Joseph E. Moore
	Joseph E. Moore

	Notary Public
	/s/Patricia L. Connors
	Patricia L. Connors
	My Commission Expires: February 19, 2012
</TEXT>
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