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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. [2] increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. [3]
In 1788, the Chester County seat was moved from Chester to West Chester. [14] In 1789, Delaware County was formed from the eastern part of Chester County, and Chester became the new county seat. [18] The borough of Chester was governed under the charter granted by Penn in 1701 until March 5, 1795, when it was incorporated by the Pennsylvania ...
A three-person panel of elected Commissioners governors the county. Pages in category "Chester County Commissioners (Pennsylvania)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
District attorneys in Chester County, Pennsylvania (5 P) Pages in category "Government of Chester County, Pennsylvania" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum.
Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek and the Schuylkill River . It is in the Philadelphia metropolitan area .
Andy Dinniman (born 1944), Pennsylvania State Senator, 19th district James Bowen Everhart (1821–1888), U.S. Congressman (1883–1887), Pennsylvania State Senator (1876–1882) Martha Gibbons Thomas (1869–1942), first woman elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Chester County
The Chester County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in the county seat of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1846 at a cost of $55,346 and was designed by Thomas U. Walter. Walter also designed the dome of the United States Capitol.