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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chester,_PennsylvaniaChester, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area (also known as the Delaware Valley) on the western bank of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the 2020 census.

  4. www.chestercity.com › aboutHistory of Chester | City of Chester

    History of Chester. Originally settled in 1644 by the Swedish as “Upland”, the name was changed to Chester in 1682. Incorporated on October 31, 1701 as a Boro and as a city on February 14, 1866. Chester is the oldest City in Pennsylvania.

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  6. www.mapquest.com › us › pennsylvaniaChester, PA Map & Directions - MapQuest

    Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The city is home to the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer and the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer.

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  7. philadelphiaencyclopedia.org › essays › chesterChester, Pennsylvania - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

    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.

  8. www.britannica.com › place › Chester-PennsylvaniaChester | Historic City, Delaware County | Britannica

    May 22, 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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  9. www.britannica.com › place › Chester-county-PennsylvaniaChester | Pennsylvania, History, Economy | Britannica

    5 days ago · Chester, county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., consisting of a hilly piedmont region bounded to the southwest by Octoraro Creek, to the south by Maryland and Delaware, and to the northeast by the Schuylkill River. Some other waterways are French, Brandywine, Ridley, and Big Elk creeks and Struble and Marsh Creek lakes.

  10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chester_County,_PennsylvaniaChester County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

    Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Tscheschter Kaundi), 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.

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