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  1. Apr 6, 2024 · Chester is the seat of Widener University (founded 1821 in Wilmington, Delaware), and Swarthmore College (1864) is 4 miles (6 km) north. Inc. borough, 1701; city, 1866. Pop. (2000) 36,854; (2010) 33,972. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Chester, city, Delaware county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the ...

  2. Chester, Pennsylvania. 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. The municipality’s fortunes shifted many times over the 334 years of its existence ...

  3. 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. 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.

  4. West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships. When calculated by mailing address, the population as of the 2010 U.S. Census was 108,696, which would make it the ...

  5. May 12, 2024 · 1681-1750 Court Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1697 and Petitions for Licenses, 1717-1750 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images. 1681-1843 Court Records at Chester County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archvies. 1681-1870 Civil Court and Debt Related Records at Chester County Pennsylvania, chesco.org.

  6. As one of the original counties established by William Penn (1644-1718), Chester County was only modestly influenced by Philadelphia in its early development because after 1789 it shared no border with the city. Although the Pennsylvania Railroad linked the county’s central valley to Philadelphia in the mid-nineteenth century, it remained a largely rural landscape whose […]

  7. Chester, Pennsylvania. Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 32,605 at the 2020 census, it is the largest city in Delaware County. [1] It is located on the western bank of the Delaware River between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware .

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