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Chester County

county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Chester County
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Summary

Chester County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of county of pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,081 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: West Chester[5]
  • Shares border with: Berks County[6], Montgomery County[7], Delaware County[8], New Castle County[9], Cecil County[10], Lancaster County[11]
  • Named after: Chester[12]
  • Commons category: Chester County, Pennsylvania[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1682[14]
  • Coordinate location: 39.97, -75.75[15]
  • Official website: http://www.chesco.org[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chester County, Pennsylvania[17]
  • Population: 515,939[18], 499,865[19], 503,560[20], 506,190[21], 509,468[22], 534,413[23], 498,886[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Chester County, Pennsylvania[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Chester County, Pennsylvania[27]
  • Number of households: 192,951[28]
  • Native label: Chester County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109946[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Chester County, Pennsylvania[31]
  • Different from: Chester County[32]
  • Area: 1968[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.1[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Chester County, Pennsylvania[35]
  • Social media followers: 5528[36], 4705[37]
  • Per capita income: 52,711[38]

Why It Matters

Chester County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Chester County, Pen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Chester County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presi"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → chester-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chester-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923048|chester county (#289923048)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Pennsylvania
    Obo gazetteer id → 22225343
    Instance of → —
    Capital → West Chester
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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