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Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] 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.
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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Chester Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] down from 4,604 at the 2000 census. The Sun Center Studios are located in Chester Township.
On March 5, 1795, the borough of Chester, which had been governed under the charter granted by William Penn in 1701, was incorporated by the Pennsylvania Assembly. [2] Chester was incorporated as a city on February 4, 1866 [ 3 ] with a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council.
Map of the early settlements of Delaware County, Pennsylvania The old Chester Courthouse, built in 1724. Delaware County lies in the river and bay drainage area named "Delaware" in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, Governor of the nearby English colony of Virginia.
Chester High School is an urban, public high school located in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a ZIP code of 19013-4288. Chester is a part of the Chester-Upland School District. The school serves the City of Chester, Chester Township, and Upland. In 2018–2019, the school had 994 pupils. [1]
For the purposes of this list, the county is split into three regions: Eastern, Northern, and Southern. Eastern Chester County is defined as being the municipalities south and east of a line extending from Phoenixville to Exton to West Chester; Northern Chester County is defined as being the municipalities north of the Philadelphia Main Line and west of a line extending from Phoenixville to ...