Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area on the western bank of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the 2020 census.
Image: 1724 Chester Courhouse
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Image: Delco National Bank
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area. The county was created on September 26, 1789, from part of Chester County and named for the Delaware River. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pennsylvania
The old Chester Courthouse, built in 1724
Bartram's Covered Bridge, built 1860 west of Newtown Square, crosses Crum Creek into Chester County
Newlin Mill, built 1704, on the west branch of Chester Creek, near Concordville