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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-050249.txt : 20091030
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-09-050249.hdr.sgml : 20091030
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091030160010
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-050249
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091028
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091030
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091030

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HUDSON DENNIS S III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001078596

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11590
		FILM NUMBER:		091148197

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		815 COLORADO AVENUE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 9012
		CITY:			STUART
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			34995-9012

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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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 SUBMISSION
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-10-28</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001078596</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HUDSON DENNIS S III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P. O. BOX 9012</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>815 COLORADO AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>STUART</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>34995-9012</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>1148</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares were acquired pursuant to the conversion of shares of Florida Public Utilities common stock held by the reporting person into shares of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (&quot;Chesapeake&quot;) common stock in connection with the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chesapeake into Florida Public Utilities with Florida Public Utilities surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chesapeake.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Sharon Mehl as Power of Attorney for Dennis S. Hudson, III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned(s) hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Sharon Mehl, Beth W. Cooper and Michael P. McMasters, any one or
more of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 including
any amendments thereto; with respect to the securities of Chesapeake Utilities
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the Exchange Act);

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deem necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (1) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

		This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations in act for the
undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters, which
prior authorizations are hereby revoked, and shall survive the termination of
the undersigned's status as a director and(or) officer of the Company and remain
in full force and effect thereafter for so long as the undersigned (in his or
her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) has any
obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to securities of the Company, or
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 29th day of October, 2009.




/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III
Signature




Dennis S. Hudson, III
Print Name





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