Biography and history of chester county pennsylvania

County in Pennsylvania, United States

Not to be confused with Chester, Pennsylvania.

County in Pennsylvania

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.

Biography and history of chester county pennsylvania

As of the 2020 census, the population was 545,823.^[2] increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010.^[3] The county seat is West Chester.^[4] The most populous of the county's 73 municipalities, including cities, boroughs, and townships,) is Tredyffrin Township.

The most populous boroughs are West Chester and Phoenixville. Coatesville is the only municipality in the county that is classified as a city.

Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682.

It was named for Chester, England. It is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington,