Selain penghormatan setem pos 50¢ dalam Siri Tokoh Hebat Amerika, banyak institusi dan lokasi berikut telah dinamakan sempena menghormati Nimitz:

• USS Nimitz, kelas pertama dari sepuluh kapal pengangkut pesawat super berkuasa nuklear, yang telah ditauliahkan pada tahun 1975 dan masih berada dalam perkhidmatan
• Nimitz Foundation, established in 1970, which funds the National Museum of the Pacific War and the Admiral Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, Texas
• The Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880) - from Oakland to San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Nimitz Glacier in Antarctica for his service during Operation Highjump as the CNO
• Nimitz Boulevard - a major thoroughfare in the Point Loma Neighborhood of San Diego
• Camp Nimitz, a recruit camp constructed in 1955 at the Naval Training Center, San Diego
• Nimitz Highway - state route 92 in Honolulu, Hawaii near the Honolulu airport
• The Nimitz Library, the main library at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
• Nimitz Drive, in the Admiral Heights neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland
• Callaghan Hall (the Naval and Air Force ROTC building at UC Berkeley) containing the Nimitz Library (was gutted by arson in 1985)
• The town of Nimitz in Summers County, West Virginia
• The summit on Guam where Chester Nimitz relocated his Pacific Fleet headquarters, and where the current Commander U.S. Naval Forces Marianas (ComNavMar) resides, is called Nimitz Hill
• Nimitz Park, a recreational area located at United States Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan
• The Nimitz Trail in Tilden Park in Berkeley, California
• The Main Gate at Pearl Harbor is called Nimitz Gate
• Admiral Nimitz Circle - located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
• Chester Nimitz Oriental Garden Waltz performed by Austin Lounge Lizards
• Admiral Nimitz Fanfare composed by John Steven Lasher (2014)
• Admiral Nimitz March composed by John Steven Lasher (2014)
• The Nimitz Building, Raytheon Company site headquarters, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
• Nimitz Road in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory is named in his honor.
• Nimitz Place part of Havemeyer Park located in Old Greenwich, Connecticut was named in his honor along with many other World War II military personnel.
• Nimitz Hall is the Officer Candidate School barracks of Naval Station Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. The barracks was dedicated 15 March 2013.
• Nimitz-McArthur Building, Headquarters U.S. Pacific Command
• Nimitz Statue, designed by Armando Hinojosa of Laredo, is located at the entrance to SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas.
• Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Statue Diarkibkan 2014-01-06 di Wayback Machine, commissioned by the Naval Order of the United States, is situated near the bow of the USS Missouri memorial on Ford Island, facing the USS Arizona memorial. The statue was dedicated 2 September 2013.

Sekolah

• Nimitz High School, (Harris County, Texas)
• Nimitz High School, Irving, Texas
• Nimitz Junior High School, Odessa, Texas
• Chester W. Nimitz Middle School, Huntington Park, California
• Nimitz Middle School Diarkibkan 2011-09-30 di Wayback Machine, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Nimitz Middle School, San Antonio, Texas
• Nimitz Elementary School, Sunnyvale, California
• Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Nimitz Elementary School Diarkibkan 2014-05-04 di Wayback Machine, Kerrville, Texas