Chester, a city of Delaware co, Pa., on the Delaware River, 15 miles below Philadelphia, and on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, 14 miles N.E. of Wilmington. It is also on the Philadelphia & Chester and Chester & Delaware River Railroads. It was settled by Swedes in 1643, and is the oldest town in the state. Its original name was Upland. It contains 20 churches, the Pennsylvania Military Academy, 3 national banks, 1 other bank, a national hall, a high school, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 3 weekly newspapers, and 2 monthly periodicals. It has increased rapidly in recent times, and derives its prosperity chiefly from manufactures of cotton and woollen goods, iron steamships, engines, boilers, &c. The city contains 41 incorporated manufacturing companies, and innumerable private manufacturing concerns, and has a Board of Trade. Chester was incorporated in 1866. Pop. in 1860, 4631; in 1870, 9485; in 1880, 14,997; in 1890, 20,226; of the township, 578 additional. See South Chester.
Chester, a city of Delaware co, Pa., on the Delaware River, 15 miles below Philadelphia, and on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, 14 miles N.E. of Wilmington. It is also on the Philadelphia & Chester and Chester & Delaware River Railroads. It was settled by Swedes in 1643, and is the oldest town in the state. Its original name was Upland. It contains 20 churches, the Pennsylvania Military Academy, 3 national banks, 1 other bank, a national hall, a high school, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 3 weekly newspapers, and 2 monthly periodicals. It has increased rapidly in recent times, and derives its prosperity chiefly from manufactures of cotton and woollen goods, iron steamships, engines, boilers, &c. The city contains 41 incorporated manufacturing companies, and innumerable private manufacturing concerns, and has a Board of Trade. Chester was incorporated in 1866. Pop. in 1860, 4631; in 1870, 9485; in 1880, 14,997; in 1890, 20,226; of the township, 578 additional. See South Chester.
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