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Place Name
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Chester County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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West Chester
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Population
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376,396 (1990)
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Location
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Pennsylvania, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°58'N
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Longitude
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75°45'W
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Chester
, county (
759 sq mi/1,966 sq km; 1990 pop.
376,396), SE Pa.;  West Chester; 39°58'N 75°45'W. Bounded NE
(in part) by Schuylkill R.; bounded S by Md. and Del. state lines; W by
Octoraro and East Octoraro creeks. Industrial and agr. area, drained by
Schuylkill R. (N) and Brandywine Creek. Chester Valley
(35 mi/56 km long, ½
mi/&frac810;km-2 mi/3.2 km
wide) extends WSW from Schuylkill R. below Valley Forge. Agr. (corn,
wheat, oats, mushrooms, barley, hay, alfalfa, soybeans, potatoes,
apples; poultry, eggs, sheep, hogs, cattle; dairying). Mfg. at Malvern,
Downingtown, Coatesville, and West Chester; granite, limestone.
Hopewell Furnace Natl. Historical Site and part of Fr. Creek State Park
in N; Marsh Creek Reservoir and State Park in N center; White Clay
Creek State Park in S (adjacent to White Clay Creek State Park, Del.).
Formed 1682.
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