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  1. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the 2020 census. [3] Incorporated in 1682, Chester is the oldest city in Pennsylvania [6] and was the location of William Penn 's first arrival in the Province of Pennsylvania. It was the county seat for Chester County from 1682 to 1788 and of Delaware County from 1789 to 1851.

  2. Apr 6, 2024 · Chester, city, Delaware county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Delaware River (across from Bridgeport, New Jersey), within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. One of the oldest communities in the state, the Chester area was granted by the Swedish crown to a bodyguard of Johan Printz, the governor of New Sweden, in 1644.

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  3. Home. Essays. Chester, Pennsylvania. By Jake Blumgart. Located 30 miles down the Delaware River from Philadelphia, the small but once industrially mighty city of Chester emerged in the latter part of the twentieth century as but a shadow of its former prominence in the county and the region.

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  5. Chester County, colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region, located in the southeastern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 545,823 (As of 2022), increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. The county seat is the Borough of West Chester.

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