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Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, [3] on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. [4] It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri .
Chester, city, seat (1844) of Randolph county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi River (there bridged to Missouri) near the mouth of the Marys River, about 60 miles (100 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
March 2022 cost of living index in Chester: 73.8 (low, U.S. average is 100) Chester, IL residents, houses, and apartments details. Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 20.1% (16.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 60.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 73.2% for other race residents)
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Jul 25, 2021 · Chester, Illinois is the world capital of Popeye the Sailor Man. Come see the museum and all things Popeye here!
- Chester Illinois: Popeye & Friends Character Trail
- Hunting For Popeye & Friends Character Statues
- Annual Popeye Picnic at Chester Illinois
- Where to Stay in Chester?
In 1977 a bronze statue of Popeye was erected at the Segar Memorial Park in Chester, Illinois. The park location is by the Mississippi River, and it is also the location of Chester Welcome Center. The bronze statue is 6 feet tall and 900 pounds. Over three decades later, they established Popeye & Friends Character Trail to enrich tourists’ enjoymen...
As we entered Chester from a different direction, we began our Popeye & Friends statues hunting from Sea Hag & Bernard the Vulture near Walmart and McDonald’s. Chester is not a big city, but you must have an eagle eye to spot the statues. We missed Roughhouse at Reid’s Harvest House. We were supposed to spot it before Sea Hag, but visiting it befor...
Each year the city of Chester conducts a Popeye Picnic on the weekend after Labor Day. Usually, that’s where they introduce the new addition to the Popeye & Friends Character Trail. Here are the new additions since our visit: 1. King Blozo in the front yard of a City Hall at 1330 Swanwick Street. 2. Nana Oyl at Manor at Craig Farms, 3030 State Stre...
If you plan to stay at Chester, check out the Best Western Chester Hotel. But dogs are not allowed. Or, stay at Ste. Genevieve in Missouri, the oldest permanent European settlement west of the Mississippi River. The city is rich in history, beautiful parks, wineries, fairs & festivals, and many more. It is around 30 minutes drive in the northwest d...
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km 2) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates the vanished frontier town of Old Kaskaskia and the support it gave to George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.
Chester, IL is home to a population of 6.94k people, from which 98.3% are citizens. As of 2022, 2.22% of Chester, IL residents were born outside of the country (154 people). In 2022, there were 2.63 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (4.7k people) in Chester, IL than any other race or ethnicity.
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