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href="#2020_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2010 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government subsection</span> </button> <ul 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<span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_and_secondary_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Primary and secondary schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_and_secondary_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Public_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Public schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parochial_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parochial_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Parochial schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parochial_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charter_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charter_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.3</span> <span>Charter schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charter_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colleges_and_universities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colleges_and_universities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Colleges and universities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colleges_and_universities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transportation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Highways_and_bridges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Highways_and_bridges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Highways and bridges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Highways_and_bridges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Law enforcement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Law_enforcement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Crime</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Points_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Points_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Points of interest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Points_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چزتر، پنسیلوانیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چزتر، پنسیلوانیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Pennsylvania) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Chester (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Chester, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pensilvania)" title="Chester (Pensilvania) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chester (Pensilvania)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pensilvanio)" title="Chester (Pensilvanio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Chester (Pensilvanio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چستر، پنسیلوانیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چستر، پنسیلوانیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvanie)" title="Chester (Pennsylvanie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvanie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Chester, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="چستر (پنسيلوانيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="چستر (پنسيلوانيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_(%ED%8E%9C%EC%8B%A4%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="체스터 (펜실베이니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체스터 (펜실베이니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Chester, Pennsylvania" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_(Pennsylvania)" title="Chester (Pennsylvania) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chester (Pennsylvania)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="チェスター 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chester,_Pennsylvania&params=39_50_50_N_75_22_22_W_type:city_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°50′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°22′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.84722°N 75.37278°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.84722; -75.37278</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">First city in Pennsylvania, United States</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Chester, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)">Chester, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Chester_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Chester (disambiguation)">Chester (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Home rule city in Pennsylvania, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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.infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Chester, Pennsylvania</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Home_rule_municipality_(Pennsylvania)" title="Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania)">Home rule</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of cities in Pennsylvania">city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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style="width:292px;max-width:292px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div style="height:216px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG/288px-1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG" decoding="async" width="288" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG/432px-1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG/576px-1724_Chester_Courhouse.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/1724_Chester_Courthouse" title="1724 Chester Courthouse">Chester Courthouse</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harrahschesterfront.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/142px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/213px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/284px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Philadelphia</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg/142px-Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg/213px-Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg/284px-Philadelphia_Union_versus_Chicago_Fire_at_Subaru_Park_8-13-2022.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style="height:98px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Delco_National_Bank.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/132px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG" decoding="async" width="132" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/198px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/264px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3051" data-file-height="2288" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County_National_Bank" title="Delaware County National Bank">Delaware County National Bank</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div style="height:98px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OldMainWidener.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/152px-OldMainWidener.JPG" decoding="async" width="152" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/228px-OldMainWidener.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/304px-OldMainWidener.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1609" data-file-height="1046" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chester,_Pennsylvania.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Chester, Pennsylvania"><img alt="Flag of Chester, Pennsylvania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/100px-Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/150px-Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/200px-Flag_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Chester,_Pennsylvania.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Chester, Pennsylvania"><img alt="Official seal of Chester, Pennsylvania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/100px-Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/150px-Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png/200px-Seal_of_Chester%2C_Pennsylvania.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="254" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">What Chester Makes Makes Chester</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Chester in Delaware County and in Pennsylvania"><img alt="Location of Chester in Delaware County and in Pennsylvania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg/260px-Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="346" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg/390px-Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg/520px-Delaware_County_Pennsylvania_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Chester_highlighted.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="957" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Chester in <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware County</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chester,_Pennsylvania&params=39_50_50_N_75_22_22_W_type:city_region:US-PA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°50′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°22′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.84722°N 75.37278°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.84722; -75.37278</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data">Pennsylvania</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1682</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Roots" title="Stefan Roots">Stefan Roots</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6.00 sq mi (15.55 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">4.83 sq mi (12.52 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.17 sq mi (3.04 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">69 ft (21 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">32,605<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">6,746.33/sq mi (2,604.57/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">19013</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_610,_484,_and_835" title="Area codes 610, 484, and 835">484 and 610</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">42-045-13208</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FIPS_code" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS code">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">42-13208</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GNIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GNIS">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1171694</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chestercity.com">chestercity.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid navy; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pennsylvania_state_historical_markers" title="List of Pennsylvania state historical markers">Pennsylvania Historical Marker</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">October 13, 1947<sup id="cite_ref-PAHMDB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAHMDB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chester</b> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware County, Pennsylvania</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a>) on the western bank of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> between <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. The population of Chester was 32,605 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incorporated in 1682, Chester is the oldest city in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the location of <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a>'s first arrival in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Province of Pennsylvania</a>. It was the county seat for <a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester County</a> from 1682 to 1788 and of Delaware County from 1789 to 1851. </p><p>From the second half of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, the city was a major center of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_industry" title="Heavy industry">heavy industry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Shipping">shipping</a>. The city became a <a href="/wiki/Boomtown" title="Boomtown">boomtown</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The availability of employment in <a href="/wiki/Factories" class="mw-redirect" title="Factories">factories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longshoreman" class="mw-redirect" title="Longshoreman">dock work</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a> attracted immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">African-American migrants from southern states</a>. Since the mid-20th century, it has lost most of its manufacturing base and has struggled as a <a href="/wiki/Post-industrial_society" title="Post-industrial society">post-industrial</a> city dealing with crime, pollution, and poverty. Pennsylvania declared Chester a financially distressed municipality in 1995 and a fiscal emergency in 2020. In 2022, Chester became the 31st city in the United States to declare bankruptcy. </p><p>The city is home to <a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Philadelphia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Waterside_Station_of_the_Philadelphia_Electric_Company" title="Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company">Chester Waterside Station</a>, the <a href="/wiki/William_Penn_Landing_Site" title="William Penn Landing Site">William Penn Landing Site</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> team, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG/220px-Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG/330px-Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG/440px-Penn_Landing_Stone_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2698" data-file-height="3597" /></a><figcaption>Commemorative marker at the <a href="/wiki/William_Penn_Landing_Site" title="William Penn Landing Site">William Penn Landing Site</a> where <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> first landed in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Province of Pennsylvania</a>, in 1682</figcaption></figure> <p>The indigenous tribe that owned the land where Chester now stands were the <a href="/wiki/Okehocking_people" title="Okehocking people">Okehockings</a>, removed by order of <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> in 1702 to other lands in Chester County.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884328_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884328-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original indigenous name of Chester was Mecoponaca,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which means "the stream along which large potatoes grow".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartin18773_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartin18773-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European settlers in the area were members of the <a href="/wiki/New_Sweden" title="New Sweden">New Sweden</a> colony. The settlement that became Chester was first called "Finlandia" (the Latin name for <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>) and then "Upland" after the Swedish province of <a href="/wiki/Uppland" title="Uppland">Uppland</a>. The New Sweden settlers built Fort Mecoponacka in 1641 to defend the settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1644, the present site of Chester was a tobacco plantation operated by the New Sweden colonists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead18832_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead18832-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1682, Upland was the most populous town of the new <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Province of Pennsylvania</a>. On October 27, the ship <i>Welcome</i> arrived bearing <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> on his first visit to the province. Penn renamed the settlement after the English city of <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead188420_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead188420-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_century">18th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 18th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/220px-Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/330px-Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/440px-Chester_PA_5th_n_Ave_of_the_States.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3375" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Chester at 5th Street and Avenue of the States</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg/220px-Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg/330px-Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg/440px-Old_Swedish_Burial_Ground_Chester_Delco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4202" data-file-height="3151" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="St. Paul's Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Old St. Paul's Church</a> burial ground is the burial location of <a href="/wiki/John_Morton_(American_politician)" title="John Morton (American politician)">John Morton</a>, one of 56 signators to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">U.S. Declaration of Independence</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg/220px-Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg/330px-Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg/440px-Chester_PA_BEye_View_1885.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9488" data-file-height="7616" /></a><figcaption>Chester in 1885</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Avenue of the States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/220px-Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/330px-Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG/440px-Chester_PA_502-510_Ave_of_the_States.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5566" data-file-height="3710" /></a><figcaption>Shuttered buildings on Avenue of the States in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester County</a> originally stretched from the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> from its founding in 1682 until 1729 when <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Lancaster County</a> was formed from the western part.<sup id="cite_ref-LanCo_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LanCo-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chester served as the county seat for Chester County from 1682 to 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-ChesCo_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChesCo-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1724, the <a href="/wiki/1724_Chester_Courthouse" title="1724 Chester Courthouse">Chester Courthouse</a> was built to support the legal needs of the county.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartin187721_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartin187721-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chester played only a small role in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. Throughout 1776 and 1777, there were significant forces stationed in Chester and nearby <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Hook,_Pennsylvania" title="Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania">Marcus Hook</a>. </p><p>In April 1776, nearly 1,000 men were stationed in Chester under Colonel <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Miles" title="Samuel Miles">Samuel Miles</a> in preparation for the defense of Philadelphia. However, Colonel Miles led the troops to New York City in July 1776 when it became clear that the British Fleet was threatening New York rather than Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead188330_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead188330-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1777, the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> led by <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> passed through Chester on the way to meet the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War" title="British Army during the American Revolutionary War">British Army</a> led by <a href="/wiki/General_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="General Howe">General Howe</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brandywine" title="Battle of Brandywine">Battle of Brandywine</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">John Armstrong</a> was ordered to take command of the militia stationed at Chester. The Continental Army fled back to Chester after defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brandywine" title="Battle of Brandywine">Battle of Brandywine</a>. A portion of the British force occupied Chester as they chased the Continental Army fleeing to Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartin1877174–179_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMartin1877174–179-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1788, the Chester County seat was moved from Chester to <a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChesCo_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChesCo-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1789, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware County</a> was formed from the eastern part of Chester County, and Chester became the new county seat.<sup id="cite_ref-DelCo_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DelCo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough of Chester was governed under the charter granted by Penn in 1701 until March 5, 1795, when it was incorporated by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Assembly">Pennsylvania Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884332–333_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884332–333-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1700s and 1800s, Chester was a hub for business due to easy access to the Delaware River for the transport of raw materials and finished goods by ship. By the mid-1800s, many textile mills and factories were built along <a href="/wiki/Chester_Creek" title="Chester Creek">Chester Creek</a> including the Upland Mills by <a href="/wiki/John_Price_Crozer" title="John Price Crozer">John Price Crozer</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883320_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883320-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Powhattan Mills by <a href="/wiki/David_Reese_Esrey" title="David Reese Esrey">David Reese Esrey</a> and Hugh Shaw.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883321_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883321-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, a group of volunteers from Chester called the Mifflin Guards was raised and led by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Anderson_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Samuel Anderson (Pennsylvania politician)">Samuel Anderson</a>. The troops were sent to <a href="/wiki/Fort_DuPont" title="Fort DuPont">Fort DuPont</a> to defend the Delaware River from the threatened attack of British Admiral <a href="/wiki/George_Cockburn" class="mw-redirect" title="George Cockburn">George Cockburn</a> but did not see any action.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883210_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1883210-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1851, the Delaware County seat was moved from Chester to the borough of <a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 14, 1866, Chester was incorporated as a city<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884333_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshmead1884333-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first mayor elected was <a href="/wiki/John_Larkin,_Jr._(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Larkin, Jr. (businessman)">John Larkin, Jr.</a> </p><p>In 1871, the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Iron_Ship_Building_and_Engine_Works" title="Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works">Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works</a> was opened by <a href="/wiki/John_Roach_(shipbuilder)" title="John Roach (shipbuilder)">John Roach</a> through the purchase of the <a href="/wiki/Reaney,_Son_%26_Archbold" title="Reaney, Son & Archbold">Reaney, Son & Archbold</a> shipyard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwann196551,_56_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwann196551,_56-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeinrich199751_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeinrich199751-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first steel ships of the U.S. Navy were built at the Roach shipyard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith191438_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith191438-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first 15 years of operation, it was the largest and most productive shipyard in the United States. More tonnage of ships were built at the Roach shipyard than its next two competitors combined. </p><p>Roach built other businesses to supply materials for his shipbuilding including the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Rolling_Mill" title="Chester Rolling Mill">Chester Rolling Mill</a> in 1873 to supply metal hull plates and beams, the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Pipe_and_Tube_Company" title="Chester Pipe and Tube Company">Chester Pipe and Tube Company</a> in 1877 for the manufacture of iron pipes and boiler tubes, and the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Steel_Casting_Company" title="Standard Steel Casting Company">Standard Steel Casting Company</a> in 1883 to supply steel <a href="/wiki/Ingots" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingots">ingots</a>. </p><p>Roach built the <a href="/wiki/Combination_Steel_and_Iron_Company" title="Combination Steel and Iron Company">Combination Steel and Iron Company</a> in 1880 to supply steel rails and other products for businesses beyond the Roach shipyard. He lost control of the company after his shipbuilding enterprise entered <a href="/wiki/Receivership" title="Receivership">receivership</a> in 1885. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chester_school_protests" title="Chester school protests">Chester school protests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wade_Dump" title="Wade Dump">Wade Dump</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg/220px-Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg/330px-Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg/440px-Covanta_Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Covanta <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility" title="Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility">Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg/220px-Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg/330px-Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg/440px-Crozer_Library_Chester_PA_DelCo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3091" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._Lewis_Crozer_Library" title="J. Lewis Crozer Library">J. Lewis Crozer Library</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg/220px-Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg/330px-Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg/440px-Alfred_O_Deshong_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Deshong_Art_Museum" title="Deshong Art Museum">Deshong Art Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chester was known as a freewheeling destination for vices such as drugs, alcohol, <a href="/wiki/Numbers_game" title="Numbers game">numbers</a> rackets, gambling and prostitution. Chester was widely known as Greater Philadelphia's "Saloon Town".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201719_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201719-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1914, Chester had more saloons than police officers; approximately 1 saloon per every 987 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201727_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201727-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During and following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Chester grew significantly as people migrated to the city for jobs, 63% of which were in manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-Swarthmore_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swarthmore-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1910 and 1920, Chester's population increased from 38,000 to 58,000 due to the influx of poor <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern European</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern European</a> immigrants and <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">African-American migrants from the South</a>, searching for employment in the city's expanding shipbuilding and manufacturing industries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201717_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201717-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipbuilding_%26_Drydock_Co." title="Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.">Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.</a> was opened in 1917 to build ships for the United States until its closure in 1990. The idled Roach shipyard was purchased in 1917 by <a href="/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman" title="W. Averell Harriman">W. Averell Harriman</a> to build <a href="/wiki/Merchant_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchant ships">merchant ships</a> during World War I, and renamed the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation">Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation</a>. The shipyard closed permanently in 1923. </p><p>Like many boomtowns, Chester was unprepared for the social changes that came along with rapid growth. As southern blacks migrated to Pennsylvania as part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a>, racial violence broke out, racially segregated neighborhoods expanded and economic discrimination emerged.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/1917_Chester_race_riot" title="1917 Chester race riot">four-day race riot</a> that resulted in seven deaths broke out in the city in July 1917, and the separation of blacks and whites in Chester's neighborhoods and workplaces became more defined.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201730–32_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201730–32-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1927, the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> opened the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Assembly" title="Chester Assembly">Chester Assembly</a> factory on the site of the previous Roach and Merchant shipyard and built cars there until its closure in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chester experienced its second growth period during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Manufacturing increased exponentially including companies such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wetherill_Steel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wetherill Steel (page does not exist)">Wetherill Steel</a> and Boilermakers, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Congoleum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congoleum (page does not exist)">Congoleum</a>-Nairn, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aberfoyles_Textiles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aberfoyles Textiles (page does not exist)">Aberfoyles Textiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Paper_Company" title="Scott Paper Company">Scott Paper Company</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belmont_Iron_Works&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belmont Iron Works (page does not exist)">Belmont Iron Works</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Steel_Foundries" class="mw-redirect" title="American Steel Foundries">American Steel Foundries</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crew_Levick_Oil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crew Levick Oil (page does not exist)">Crew Levick Oil</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crown_Smelting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crown Smelting (page does not exist)">Crown Smelting</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fields_Brick_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fields Brick Company (page does not exist)">Fields Brick Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/ACCO_Brands" title="ACCO Brands">Hetzel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Swarthmore_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swarthmore-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Shipyard">Sun Shipyard</a> became the largest single shipyard in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201739_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201739-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 210px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External audio</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="audio icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://grapplepodcast.atavist.com/episode03-chester-">Chester, A City Working on a New Narrative</a>, 43:46, Grapple, Keystone Crossroads<sup id="cite_ref-grapple_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grapple-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><p> The increased labor needs brought a flood of new workers to the city. The wartime labor force for industries along the waterfront soared to 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201739_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201739-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chester began losing its mainstay manufacturing jobs by the early 1960s. <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> shuttered its Chester plant, <a href="/wiki/American_Viscose_Corporation" title="American Viscose Corporation">American Viscose Corporation</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Hook,_Pennsylvania" title="Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania">Marcus Hook</a> closed, <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works" title="Baldwin Locomotive Works">Baldwin Locomotive Works</a> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Eddystone,_Pennsylvania" title="Eddystone, Pennsylvania">Eddystone</a> was close to bankruptcy and <a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Shipyard">Sun Shipyard</a> employment had fallen from a high of 35,000 in 1945 to 4,000 in 1962. Chester's precipitous drop in jobs in the late 20th and early 21st centuries caused the city's population to diminish from over 66,000 in 1950 to under 34,000 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-McLarnon2002_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLarnon2002-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1963 and 1964, the <a href="/wiki/Chester_school_protests" title="Chester school protests">Chester school protests</a> fought to end the de facto segregation that resulted in the racial categorization of Chester public schools, even after the landmark 1954 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case <i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201782_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201782-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The racial unrest and civil rights protests were led by <a href="/wiki/George_Raymond" title="George Raymond">George Raymond</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_Persons" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons">NAACP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Branche" title="Stanley Branche">Stanley Branche</a> of <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Freedom_Now" title="Committee for Freedom Now">CFFN</a> and made Chester one of the key battlegrounds of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a>. </p><p>In April 1964, a series of almost nightly protests brought chaos to Chester. Mayor <a href="/wiki/James_Gorbey" class="mw-redirect" title="James Gorbey">James Gorbey</a> issued "The Police Position to Preserve the Public Peace", a 10-point statement promising an immediate return to law and order. The city deputized firemen and trash collectors to help handle demonstrators.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201794_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201794-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The State of Pennsylvania deployed 50 state troopers to assist the 77-member Chester police force.<sup id="cite_ref-nvdbase_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvdbase-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The demonstrations were marked by violence and <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">police brutality</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Chester being dubbed the "Birmingham of the North" by civil rights activist <a href="/wiki/James_Farmer" title="James Farmer">James Farmer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nvdbase_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvdbase-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 600 people were arrested over a two-month period of civil rights rallies, marches, pickets, boycotts, and sit-ins.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201795_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201795-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National civil rights leaders such as <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Richardson" title="Gloria Richardson">Gloria Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gregory" title="Dick Gregory">Dick Gregory</a> came to Chester in support of the demonstrations.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pennsylvania Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Scranton" title="William Scranton">William Scranton</a> became involved in the negotiations and convinced the protestors to obey a court-ordered moratorium on demonstrations by agreeing to hold hearings on the de facto segregation of public schools in Chester.<sup id="cite_ref-McLarnon2002_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLarnon2002-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pennsylvania Human Relations Committee determined that the Chester School Board had violated the law and the Chester School District was ordered to desegregate the city's six predominantly African-American schools. The city appealed the ruling, which delayed implementation, but the schools were eventually desegregated.<sup id="cite_ref-nvdbase_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvdbase-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, an intense fire broke out at <a href="/wiki/Wade_Dump" title="Wade Dump">Wade Dump</a>, a rubber recycling facility and illegal industrial chemical dumping site. It burned out of control for several days. The burning chemicals caused multi-colored smoke and noxious fumes which injured 43 firemen and caused long-term health problems for the first responders to the fire.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1981, the location was declared a <a href="/wiki/Superfund" title="Superfund">Superfund</a> cleanup site and remediation occurred throughout the 1980s. In 1989, the site was deemed safe and removed from the Superfund national priorities list. In 2004, the site was converted to a parking lot for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Commodore_Barry_Bridge_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commodore Barry Bridge Park (page does not exist)">Commodore Barry Bridge Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EPA_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPA-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1980s, Chester was a city bereft of industry. Many bottom-rung projects were initiated in Chester, including the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility" title="Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility">Westinghouse trash incinerator</a>, a sewage treatment plant, and a <a href="/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_-_Chester" class="mw-redirect" title="State Correctional Institution - Chester">prison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blumgart_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumgart-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chester residents and politicians began pushing back against the placement of projects that increased concerns about pollution, noise, and trucks, such as a contaminated soil remediation facility, the trash incinerator, the DELCORA sewage waste treatment center and the Abbonizio recycling center.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, the state designated Chester as a <a href="/wiki/Financially_Distressed_Municipalities_Act" title="Financially Distressed Municipalities Act">financially distressed municipality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-George_Sheridan_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Sheridan-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recent programs to foster investment into Chester include the Pennsylvania <a href="/wiki/Keystone_Opportunity_Zone" title="Keystone Opportunity Zone">Keystone Opportunity Zone</a> (KOZ) program, which incentivizes companies with state and local tax breaks to invest in KOZ-designated areas. The Wharf at Rivertown, a $60 million renovation of the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Waterside_Station_of_the_Philadelphia_Electric_Company" title="Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company">Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company</a>, originally built in 1918, provides recreational and office space for businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Casino and Racetrack</a> began <a href="/wiki/Harness_racing" title="Harness racing">harness racing</a> in September 2006 and opened its <a href="/wiki/Racino" title="Racino">racino</a> in January 2007. <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> franchise, opened in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Blumgart_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blumgart-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the recent investments into the community, Governor <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a> declared a fiscal emergency for Chester in 2020 and the city declared bankruptcy in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the 31st municipality to declare bankruptcy since the U.S. Congress offered the program in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in Chester are: <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County_National_Bank" title="Delaware County National Bank">Delaware County National Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/1724_Chester_Courthouse" title="1724 Chester Courthouse">1724 Chester Courthouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_Waterside_Station_of_the_Philadelphia_Electric_Company" title="Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company">Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Main_and_Chemistry_Building" title="Old Main and Chemistry Building">Old Main and Chemistry Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Third_Presbyterian_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Third Presbyterian Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Penn_Landing_Site" title="William Penn Landing Site">William Penn Landing Site</a>, and the former <a href="/wiki/Second_Street_Bridge_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Second Street Bridge (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Second Street Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG/220px-Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG/330px-Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG/440px-Chester_Creek_PA_mouth.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3809" data-file-height="2856" /></a><figcaption>Confluence of <a href="/wiki/Chester_Creek" title="Chester Creek">Chester Creek</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chester borders on (clockwise from southwest to northeast) <a href="/wiki/Trainer,_Pennsylvania" title="Trainer, Pennsylvania">Trainer Borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Chichester_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Chichester Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Chester Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upland,_Pennsylvania" title="Upland, Pennsylvania">Upland Borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parkside,_Pennsylvania" title="Parkside, Pennsylvania">Parkside Borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_Pennsylvania" title="Brookhaven, Pennsylvania">Brookhaven Borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania">Nether Providence Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley Township</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eddystone,_Pennsylvania" title="Eddystone, Pennsylvania">Eddystone Borough</a> in Pennsylvania. Chester is bordered to the south by the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>. The city has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.6 km<sup>2</sup>), 4.8 square miles (12.5 km<sup>2</sup>) of which is land and 1.2 square miles (3.0 km<sup>2</sup>) of which (19.42%) is water, according to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chester_Creek" title="Chester Creek">Chester Creek</a> meets the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> in Chester. Chester's northeastern border is at <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Creek" title="Ridley Creek">Ridley Creek</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Chester" title="Port of Chester">Port of Chester</a> is located in Chester along the Delaware River. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located at a low elevation between <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>, Chester experiences a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>.) The <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a> is 7b. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140209122445/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/phzmweb/interactivemap.aspx">Archived</a> 2014-02-09 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Chester (Elevation: 10 ft (3 m)) 1981-2010 Averages </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.0<br />(11.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.4<br />(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.4<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.7<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.0<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.2<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.7<br />(19.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.1<br />(13.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.8<br />(24.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">56.4<br />(13.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(−1.7) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.2<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.8<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.7<br />(20.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.7<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.4<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(−0.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.15<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.70<br />(69) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.87<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.62<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.81<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #69FF69; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.80<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.65<br />(118) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.56<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #5AFF5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.21<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.44<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.27<br />(83) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.62<br />(92) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.70<br />(1,110) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3 </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.7 </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.6 </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.2 </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.8 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7 </td> <td style="background: #9BFF9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4 </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.8 </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8 </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3 </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3 </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1 </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">63.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(−4.8) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(−4.3) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(−1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.3<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.2<br />(15.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.4<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(8.5) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(−2.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.0<br />(6.7) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: PRISM<sup id="cite_ref-prism_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prism-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>657</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>847</td><td></td><td>28.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>1,667</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>4,631</td><td></td><td>177.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>9,485</td><td></td><td>104.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>14,997</td><td></td><td>58.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>20,226</td><td></td><td>34.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>33,988</td><td></td><td>68.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>38,537</td><td></td><td>13.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>58,030</td><td></td><td>50.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>59,164</td><td></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>59,285</td><td></td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>66,039</td><td></td><td>11.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>63,658</td><td></td><td>−3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>56,331</td><td></td><td>−11.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>45,794</td><td></td><td>−18.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>41,856</td><td></td><td>−8.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>36,854</td><td></td><td>−12.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>33,972</td><td></td><td>−7.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>32,605</td><td></td><td>−4.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CensusPopEst_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CensusPopEst-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Chester city, Pennsylvania – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 1980<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 1990<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 1980 </th> <th>% 1990 </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>18,894 </td> <td>13,045 </td> <td>6,582 </td> <td>5,117 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,527 </td> <td>41.26% </td> <td>31.17% </td> <td>17.86% </td> <td>15.06% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">13.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>25,850 </td> <td>26,924 </td> <td>27,500 </td> <td>24,803 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">22,560 </td> <td>56.45% </td> <td>64.33% </td> <td>74.62% </td> <td>73.01% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">69.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>38 </td> <td>83 </td> <td>65 </td> <td>69 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">54 </td> <td>0.08% </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td>0.18% </td> <td>0.20% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>73 </td> <td>165 </td> <td>217 </td> <td>213 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">227 </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.39% </td> <td>0.59% </td> <td>0.63% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>4 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>15 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>30 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">140 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.14% </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.09% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>440 </td> <td>677 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,038 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>1.19% </td> <td>1.99% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>924 </td> <td>1,579 </td> <td>1,986 </td> <td>3,054 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,052 </td> <td>2.02% </td> <td>3.77% </td> <td>5.39% </td> <td>8.99% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">12.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>45,794</b> </td> <td><b>41,856</b> </td> <td><b>36,854</b> </td> <td><b>33,972</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>32,605</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the city was 74.7% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 17.2% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 9.0% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 3.9% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 3.0% from two or more races. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table">[2]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2020">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> </p><p>There were 11,662 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18, 19.5% were headed by married couples living together, 35.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64, and the average family size was 3.34.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_DP_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010_DP-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="List of mayors of Chester, Pennsylvania">List of mayors of Chester, Pennsylvania</a></div> <p>Chester has a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council. The terms of the mayor and members are four years.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current mayor of the City of Chester is <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Roots" title="Stefan Roots">Stefan Roots</a>, who won the Democratic nomination in May 2021, over incumbent Mayor <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Kirkland" title="Thaddeus Kirkland">Thaddeus Kirkland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wood_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wood-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2023, Roots defeated Kirkland in the Chester Democratic mayoral primary election. Roots defeated independent candidate Anita J. Littleton<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the November 2023 general election and was sworn into office on January 3, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chester City Council consists of the mayor and four council members. Council members are elected at-large to serve the entire city. Council meetings are generally held the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The five help administer the five municipal departments:<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Department of Public Affairs</li> <li>The Department of Public Safety</li> <li>The Department of Public Works</li> <li>The Parks and Recreation Department</li> <li>The Finance and Tax Office</li></ul> <p>The city government has been in financial distress for many years and has operated under the state's <a href="/wiki/Financially_Distressed_Municipalities_Act" title="Financially Distressed Municipalities Act">Act 47 provisions</a> for twenty-one years. The act provides for municipalities that are near bankruptcy.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_corruption">Political corruption</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Political corruption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chester has been hurt for decades by corrupt politicians and <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chester's <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_machine" title="Political machine">political machine</a> was one of the nation's oldest and most corrupt.<sup id="cite_ref-McLarnon_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLarnon-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_J._McClure" title="John J. McClure">John J. McClure</a> took over from his father, William McClure, in 1907<sup id="cite_ref-McLarnon_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLarnon-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the <a href="/wiki/Political_boss" title="Political boss">political boss</a> for the machine until his death in 1965. In 1933, McClure was found guilty in federal court and sentenced to 18 months in prison for vice and <a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">rum-running</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but his conviction was overturned on appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazette_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazette-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1941, McClure was indicted for conspiracy to gain a $250,000 profit from the sale of the Chester Water Works to a private buyer. McClure and four Chester City Council members were acquitted but also ordered by the court to return the money to the city of Chester.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the exception of 1904–1905, the Republican political machine controlled Chester politics for over a century. The first non-machine mayor was elected in 1992:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMele201719_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMele201719-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bohannan-Sheppard" title="Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard">Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard</a>; however, in 1995, she lost her re-election bid and was replaced by Republican <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_Wilson,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aaron Wilson, Jr. (page does not exist)">Aaron Wilson, Jr.</a> </p><p>In the 1990s, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission reported that Chester's government had been dominated by "a triad of criminals, corrupt politicians and rogue law-enforcement officers" since the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_H._Nacrelli" title="John H. Nacrelli">John H. Nacrelli</a>, the mayor of Chester from 1968 to 1979, was convicted of <a href="/wiki/Racketeering" title="Racketeering">racketeering</a> and income tax evasion for accepting $22,000 in bribes from an illegal gambling operation with ties to organized crime and served two years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-Hinds_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hinds-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the period 2010–2014, the estimated median annual income for a household in the city was $28,607, and the median income for a family was $34,840. Male full-time workers had a median income of $34,354 versus $30,634 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $15,516. About 27.3% of families and 33.1% of the total population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 47.7% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horse_racing">Horse racing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Horse racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harrahschesterfront.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/220px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/330px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Harrahschesterfront.jpg/440px-Harrahschesterfront.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Philadelphia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg/220px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg/330px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg/440px-PPL_Park_Interior_from_the_Southwest_Stands_2010.10.02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9227" data-file-height="2183" /></a><figcaption>Interior of <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Commodore_Barry_Bridge" title="Commodore Barry Bridge">Commodore Barry Bridge</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>With the construction of <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Philadelphia</a>, the city received a series of horse races that were once held at the Brandywine Raceway and the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Bell_Park_Racetrack" title="Liberty Bell Park Racetrack">Liberty Bell Park Racetrack</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Racino" title="Racino">racino</a> opened on January 22, 2008, and features a specially constructed bridge that enables the midpoint of races, contested at one mile, to take place over the Delaware River. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">Sport </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Championships </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> </th> <td>Soccer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a> </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Chester is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a> franchise, which plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium" title="Soccer-specific stadium">soccer-specific stadium</a> at the base of the <a href="/wiki/Commodore_Barry_Bridge" title="Commodore Barry Bridge">Commodore Barry Bridge</a>. Located on the Delaware River, the stadium is part of a larger development called Rivertown. Financing for the Rivertown development was announced in early 2008 by Governor <a href="/wiki/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a> and Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Pileggi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominic Pileggi">Dominic Pileggi</a>, with $25 million going to the construction of Subaru Park, and an additional $7 million towards a two-phase project composing of 186 townhouses, 25 apartments, 335,000 square feet (31,100 m<sup>2</sup>) of office space, a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m<sup>2</sup>) convention center, more than 20,000 square feet (1,900 m<sup>2</sup>) of retail space, and a parking structure to house 1,350 cars. In phase two, another 200 apartments will be built, along with 100,000 square feet (9,300 m<sup>2</sup>) of office space and 22,000 square feet (2,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of retail space.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_PA_High_School.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Chester_PA_High_School.JPG/220px-Chester_PA_High_School.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Chester_PA_High_School.JPG/330px-Chester_PA_High_School.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Chester_PA_High_School.JPG/440px-Chester_PA_High_School.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chester_High_School_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Chester High School (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Chester High School</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1995, the city's schools ranked last among the state's 501 districts, leading Pennsylvania education officials in 2001 to hire the for-profit <a href="/wiki/EdisonLearning" title="EdisonLearning">Edison Schools</a> to run the local school district for three years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (March 2023)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-George_Sheridan_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Sheridan-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_schools">Primary and secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_schools">Public schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Public schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chester-Upland_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester-Upland School District">Chester-Upland School District</a> serves the city, along with nearby <a href="/wiki/Chester_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester Township, Pennsylvania">Chester Township</a> and the borough of <a href="/wiki/Upland,_Pennsylvania" title="Upland, Pennsylvania">Upland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parochial_schools">Parochial schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Parochial schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Drexel Neumann Academy, of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a>, is Chester's only parochial school. It is run by the Saint <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Drexel" title="Katharine Drexel">Katharine Drexel</a> Roman Catholic Church which was established in 1993 by the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a> with the consolidation of all Roman Catholic parishes in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Resurrection of Our Lord School in Chester closed in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-HolySaviourStJohnFisherinfo_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HolySaviourStJohnFisherinfo-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/St._James_High_School_for_Boys" title="St. James High School for Boys">St. James High School for Boys</a> closed its doors in 1993 due to low enrollment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charter_schools">Charter schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Charter schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg/220px-Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg/330px-Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg/440px-Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy" title="Chester Charter Scholars Academy">Chester Charter Scholars Academy</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chester_Charter_Scholars_Academy" title="Chester Charter Scholars Academy">Chester Charter Scholars Academy</a> began in 2008 as a small public-private partnership between The Chester Fund for Education and the Arts and the Chester-Upland school district. The school was originally called the Chester Upland School for the Arts (CUSA) and operated until 2011 when significant staff reduction occurred due to state funding cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, a charter school application was accepted and the school operated in Aston until September 2017 when a $30 million campus was built on Highland Ave.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chester Community Charter School is a charter school established in 1998 that serves over 4,000 students in grades K-8.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school operates four campuses, the Upland campus at 1100 Main Street in Upland, the Aston campus at 200 Commerce Drive in Aston, the East Campus at 302 East 5th Street and the West Campus at 2730 Bethel Road in <a href="/wiki/Chester_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Chester Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Widener Partnership Charter School was first launched in 2006, and is located across from the main campus of <a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a>. It enrolls students from kindergarten to eighth grade. Widener University provides support to the charter school including educating staff, providing work to graduate students, and use of the university facilities. The school also has a number of outside partners that include 21st Century Learning Communities, Andrew Hicks Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Big Friends, Chester Education Foundation, Earth Force, Exelon Foundation, Incredible Years, PECO, and Soccer for Success.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Widener Partnership Charter School also has recently added a new $4.6 million wing of the school at 1450 Edgmont Ave. This new edition includes a science learning center, an extension of the library, a gymnasium, eight classrooms and eight offices.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OldMainWidener.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/220px-OldMainWidener.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/330px-OldMainWidener.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/OldMainWidener.JPG/440px-OldMainWidener.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1609" data-file-height="1046" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Old_Main_and_Chemistry_Building" title="Old Main and Chemistry Building">Old Main and Chemistry Building</a> on <a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a>'s campus</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a> is a private university in Chester. Its main campus sits on 108 acres (0.44 km<sup>2</sup>). The university has three other campuses: two in Pennsylvania (<a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exton,_Pennsylvania" title="Exton, Pennsylvania">Exton</a>) and one in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. </p><p>Founded as The Bullock School for Boys in 1821, the school was established in Wilmington, Delaware. It became The Alsop School for Boys from 1846 to 1853, and then Hyatt's Select School for Boys from 1853 to 1859. Military instruction was introduced in 1858, and in 1859, the school changed its name to Delaware Military Academy. It moved to Chester in 1862 and became Pennsylvania Military Academy. It was known as Pennsylvania Military College after 1892 and adopted the Widener name in 1972. </p><p>About 3,300 undergraduates and 3,300 graduate students attend Widener in eight degree-granting schools. The university offers associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in areas ranging from traditional <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal arts">liberal arts</a> to professional programs. <a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Foundation_for_the_Advancement_of_Teaching" class="mw-redirect" title="The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching">The Carnegie Foundation</a> classifies Widener as a <i>Doctoral/Research University</i> and a <i>Community Engagement Institution</i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sleeper%27s_College.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sleeper%27s_College.jpg/220px-Sleeper%27s_College.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sleeper%27s_College.jpg/330px-Sleeper%27s_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sleeper%27s_College.jpg/440px-Sleeper%27s_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="717" /></a><figcaption>Sleeper's College provided office and commercial training</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sleeper%27s_College" title="Sleeper's College">Sleeper's College</a> was a vocational school founded in 1910 for "office and commercial training".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2015, there were 97.93 miles (157.60 km) of public roads in Chester, of which 18.33 miles (29.50 km) were maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Department_of_Transportation" title="Pennsylvania Department of Transportation">Pennsylvania Department of Transportation</a> (PennDOT) and 79.60 miles (128.10 km) were maintained by the city.<sup id="cite_ref-PennDOTmap_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennDOTmap-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Chester, east–west streets are numbered, while north–south streets carry names. The main bisecting street, known as The Avenue of the States south of 9th Street and Edgmont Avenue north of it, is signed as both <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_320" title="Pennsylvania Route 320">Pennsylvania Route 320</a> (southbound only; northbound PA Rt. 320 uses adjacent Madison Street to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 95</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_352" title="Pennsylvania Route 352">Pennsylvania Route 352</a>. North of I-95, State Route 320 follows Providence Avenue. Between 1993 and 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) widened and realigned <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_291" title="Pennsylvania Route 291">Pennsylvania Route 291</a> from Trainer to Eddystone from a two-lane roadway to a five-lane roadway. This widening and realignment project, spearheaded by the late State Senator <a href="/wiki/Clarence_D._Bell" title="Clarence D. Bell">Clarence D. Bell</a>, allowed PA Route 291 to maintain at least two travel lanes in each direction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways_and_bridges">Highways and bridges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Highways and bridges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022-10-07_12_00_42_View_south_along_Interstate_95_(Delaware_Expressway)_from_the_pedestrian_overpass_for_Crosby_Street_in_Chester,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/2022-10-07_12_00_42_View_south_along_Interstate_95_%28Delaware_Expressway%29_from_the_pedestrian_overpass_for_Crosby_Street_in_Chester%2C_Delaware_County%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/2022-10-07_12_00_42_View_south_along_Interstate_95_%28Delaware_Expressway%29_from_the_pedestrian_overpass_for_Crosby_Street_in_Chester%2C_Delaware_County%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/2022-10-07_12_00_42_View_south_along_Interstate_95_%28Delaware_Expressway%29_from_the_pedestrian_overpass_for_Crosby_Street_in_Chester%2C_Delaware_County%2C_Pennsylvania.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>I-95 southbound in Chester</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Chester is served by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 95</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Interstate_476" title="Interstate 476">Interstate 476</a> terminating outside the city limits in <a href="/wiki/Crum_Lynne,_Pennsylvania" title="Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania">Crum Lynne</a>. I-95 was built in the 1960s and originally terminated just north of the Chester/Eddystone line at the present-day I-95/I-476 junction. It was extended north in the 1970s, with the section around <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International_Airport" title="Philadelphia International Airport">Philadelphia International Airport</a> being completed in 1985. Three exits on I-95 allow access to Highland Avenue, Kerlin Street, and Edgmont Avenue/Avenue of the States (Rts. 320 & 352). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg/220px-Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg/330px-Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg/440px-Commodore_Barry_Bridge_9104.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Commodore_Barry_Bridge" title="Commodore Barry Bridge">Commodore Barry Bridge</a>, crossing the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>, at Chester</figcaption></figure> <p>Two federal highway routes, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_13_in_Pennsylvania" title="U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania">U.S. Route 13</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_322_in_Pennsylvania" title="U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania">U.S. Route 322</a>, also run through Chester. US 13 enters Chester from Trainer on W. 4th Street, becomes part of Highland Avenue between W. 4th Street and W. 9th Street, and then continues on 9th Street to Morton Avenue. US 13 follows Morton Avenue in the city's Sun Village section until it crosses <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Creek" title="Ridley Creek">Ridley Creek</a> and becomes Chester Pike in Eddystone. </p><p>US 322 enters Chester from the northeast, merges with I-95 briefly and crosses the Delaware River over the <a href="/wiki/Commodore_Barry_Bridge" title="Commodore Barry Bridge">Commodore Barry Bridge</a>. Prior to the bridge's opening in 1974, US 322 would cross the Delaware River on the Chester-<a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_New_Jersey" title="Bridgeport, New Jersey">Bridgeport</a> Ferry, via Flower Street, causing major backups because of limited space on the ferries. With the expansion of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_291" title="Pennsylvania Route 291">State Rt. 291</a> and the redevelopment of the Chester Waterfront, both the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Port_Authority" title="Delaware River Port Authority">Delaware River Port Authority</a> and PennDOT built a pair of entrance (westbound) and exit (eastbound) ramps to PA Rt. 291, providing direct access to the waterfront without using local streets. The ramps were built between 2007 and 2010 and were opened in 2011. </p><p>Plans for reconstruction of US 322 and the merge with I-95 are underway.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The road currently requires traffic to merge onto I-95 in the left lane and requires changing lanes three times to the Commodore Barry Bridge exit ramp in less than a mile. </p><p>A $16.6 million project to repair eight I-95 bridges will begin March 2017 and is expected to be finished in November 2018. Improvements to Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue are also included in the project.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transportation">Public transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Public transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg/220px-Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg/330px-Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg/440px-Chester_PA_Transportation_Center_SEPTA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3910" data-file-height="2932" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chester_Transportation_Center" title="Chester Transportation Center">Chester Transportation Center</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Public bus transportation in Chester is provided by the <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority</a> (SEPTA), which acquired the former Suburban Philadelphia Transit Authority (aka "Red Arrow" Lines) in 1968. Seven bus routes (Routes <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_37" title="SEPTA Route 37">37</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_109" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 109">109</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_113" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 113">113</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_114" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 114">114</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_117" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 117">117</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_118" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 118">118</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_119" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 119">119</a>) serve the city, with the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Transportation_Center" title="Chester Transportation Center">Chester Transportation Center</a> as the hub. </p><p>The city is also served by the SEPTA <a href="/wiki/Wilmington/Newark_Line" title="Wilmington/Newark Line">Wilmington/Newark Line</a> commuter rail service. The Chester Transportation Center and <a href="/wiki/Highland_Avenue_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland Avenue (SEPTA station)">Highland Avenue stations</a> are the two SEPTA train stations in Chester. The <a href="/wiki/Lamokin_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamokin Street (SEPTA station)">Lamokin Street</a> station was run as a <a href="/wiki/Flagstop" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagstop">flagstop</a> station until it was closed and demolished in 2003 due to low usage. </p><p>The Chester Transportation Center was both a commuter and intercity stop on the former <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>'s New York City–Washington, D.C. route. The Chester Transportation Center was bypassed when <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> took over intercity rail passenger services in 1971, with the exception from April 30, 1978, to October 29, 1983, when the <i><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake (Amtrak)">Chesapeake</a></i> stopped once daily in each direction between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania">City of Chester Police Department</a> is the primary agency for the city of Chester. Chester Housing Authority Police Department,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Port_Authority" title="Delaware River Port Authority">Delaware River and Port Authority Police Department</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Police" title="Pennsylvania State Police">Pennsylvania State Police</a> also support Chester Police Department in their daily functions acting both in coordination and on their own within the scope of their jurisdiction throughout the city of Chester. Chester Police Department regularly requests support from neighboring municipalities for incidents occurring in the city. </p><p>Chester is the only municipality in Delaware County with its own sector: Delaware County Sector 3.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>City of Chester Police Department works daily with the <a href="/wiki/US_Marshal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="US Marshal Service">US Marshal Service</a> and Delaware County CID<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to bring Chester's fugitives to justice. </p><p>Though not law enforcement, Widener University's Campus Safety Officers have the power to detain and arrest on the immediate and adjacent vicinity of university property. Most of Widener's issues are handled by Campus Safety Officers, unless it requires police assistance which is handled by Chester Police Department.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime">Crime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to a report in 2020 by <a href="/wiki/NeighborhoodScout" title="NeighborhoodScout">NeighborhoodScout</a>, Chester ranked 20th on a list of the "Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NeighborhoodScout says one's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Chester is one in 21, and that "Within Pennsylvania, more than 99% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Chester."<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, over the past few years, Chester has seen a dramatic decrease in violent crime, with almost a 72% decrease in shootings with victims from 2019 to 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg/220px-Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg/330px-Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg/440px-Chester_Meeting_Delco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3846" data-file-height="2564" /></a><figcaption>The current <a href="/wiki/Chester_Friends_Meetinghouse" title="Chester Friends Meetinghouse">Chester Friends Meetinghouse</a> was built in 1829 but the first meetinghouse dates back to 1693.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG/220px-3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG/330px-3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG/440px-3rd_Presby_Chester_PA_from_SE.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4149" data-file-height="3112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Third_Presbyterian_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Third Presbyterian Church</a> was the site of the first summer Bible School in 1912</figcaption></figure> <p>Chester has several churches of historical importance: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asbury_AME_Church" title="Asbury AME Church">Asbury AME Church</a> - Founded in 1845, it is the second oldest <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> in Chester behind the Union African Methodist Church built in 1832</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Baptist_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Calvary Baptist Church</a> - A Baptist church founded in 1879. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> attended Calvary Baptist when he was a student at <a href="/wiki/Crozer_Theological_Seminary" title="Crozer Theological Seminary">Crozer Theological Seminary</a> from 1948 to 1951</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Friends_Meetinghouse" title="Chester Friends Meetinghouse">Chester Friends Meetinghouse</a> - The first Quaker meetinghouse was built in 1693 and <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> was known to speak there</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="St. Paul's Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">St. Paul's Church and Old Burial Ground</a> - An Episcopal church originally built in 1702. In 1859, a new church was built on Third Street. In 1900, the current St. Paul's Church was built at 9th and Madison Street. The Old Burial Ground contains the remains of <a href="/wiki/John_Morton_(American_politician)" title="John Morton (American politician)">John Morton</a>, signer of the Declaration of Independence; <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(judge)" title="David Lloyd (judge)">David Lloyd</a>, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Colony and Major <a href="/wiki/William_Anderson_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="William Anderson (Pennsylvania politician)">William Anderson</a>, officer in the Continental Army and U.S. Congressman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Presbyterian_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Third Presbyterian Church</a> - A Presbyterian church founded in 1872. It was the location of the first <a href="/wiki/Vacation_Bible_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Vacation Bible School">summer bible school</a> in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was severely damaged by fire in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>St. Katharine Drexel Church is the only Roman Catholic parish remaining in Chester. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a> and is the result of the conglomeration of six Chester parishes in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="List of people from Chester, Pennsylvania">List of people from Chester, Pennsylvania</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester,_Pennsylvania&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg/220px-Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg/330px-Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg/440px-Chester_Rural_Delco_M_Milmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1927" data-file-height="2570" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> memorial at <a href="/wiki/Chester_Rural_Cemetery" title="Chester Rural Cemetery">Chester Rural Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delco_National_Bank.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/220px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/330px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Delco_National_Bank.JPG/440px-Delco_National_Bank.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3051" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County_National_Bank" title="Delaware County National Bank">Delaware County National Bank</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1724_Chester_Courthouse" title="1724 Chester Courthouse">1724 Chester Courthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asbury_AME_Church" title="Asbury AME Church">Asbury AME Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Baptist_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Calvary Baptist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Friends_Meetinghouse" title="Chester Friends Meetinghouse">Chester Friends Meetinghouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Rural_Cemetery" title="Chester Rural Cemetery">Chester Rural Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Waterside_Station_of_the_Philadelphia_Electric_Company" title="Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company">Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County_National_Bank" title="Delaware County National Bank">Delaware County National Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshong_Art_Museum" title="Deshong Art Museum">Deshong Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshong_Park" title="Deshong Park">Deshong Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Philadelphia" title="Harrah's Philadelphia">Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Lewis_Crozer_Library" title="J. Lewis Crozer Library">J. Lewis Crozer Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Street_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church">Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Main_and_Chemistry_Building" title="Old Main and Chemistry Building">Old Main and Chemistry Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Church_(Chester,_PA)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Church (Chester, PA)">St. Paul's Church and Old Burial Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subaru_Park" title="Subaru Park">Subaru Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Presbyterian_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Third Presbyterian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widener_University" title="Widener University">Widener University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Penn_Landing_Site" title="William Penn Landing Site">William Penn Landing Site</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers-Camden<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Greater+Philadelphia&rft.atitle=Chester%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.aulast=Blumgart&rft.aufirst=Jake&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fphiladelphiaencyclopedia.org%2Farchive%2Fchester-pennsylvania%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester%2C+Pennsylvania" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amandus_Johnson" title="Amandus Johnson">Johnson, Amandus</a> <i>The Swedes on the Delaware</i> (International Printing Company, Philadelphia. 1927)</li> <li>Weslager, C. A. <i>New Sweden on the Delaware 1638–1655</i> (The Middle Atlantic Press, Wilmington. 1988)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSigmond2011" class="citation web cs1">Sigmond, Carl E. (29 August 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/african-american-residents-chester-pa-demonstrate-end-de-facto-segregation-public-schools-19">"African American residents of Chester, PA, demonstrate to end de facto segregation in public schools, 1963-1966"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1724_Chester_Courthouse" title="1724 Chester Courthouse">1724 Chester Courthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asbury_AME_Church" title="Asbury AME Church">Asbury AME Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvary_Baptist_Church_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Calvary Baptist Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Calvary Baptist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Friends_Meetinghouse" title="Chester Friends Meetinghouse">Chester Friends Meetinghouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Rural_Cemetery" title="Chester Rural Cemetery">Chester Rural Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Waterside_Station_of_the_Philadelphia_Electric_Company" title="Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company">Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sleeper%27s_College" title="Sleeper's College">Sleeper's College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._James_High_School_for_Boys" title="St. James High School for Boys">St. James High School for Boys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley_Resource_Recovery_Facility" title="Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility">Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Chester" title="Port of Chester">Port of Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Paper_Company" title="Scott Paper Company">Scott Paper Company</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Assembly" title="Chester Assembly">Chester Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Pipe_and_Tube_Company" title="Chester Pipe and Tube Company">Chester Pipe and Tube Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Rolling_Mill" title="Chester Rolling Mill">Chester Rolling Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combination_Steel_and_Iron_Company" title="Combination Steel and Iron Company">Combination Steel and Iron Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Iron_Ship_Building_and_Engine_Works" title="Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works">Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roach_%26_Sons" title="John Roach & Sons">John Roach & Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merchant_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation">Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaney,_Son_%26_Archbold" title="Reaney, Son & Archbold">Reaney, Son & Archbold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Steel_Casting_Company" title="Standard Steel Casting Company">Standard Steel Casting Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Shipbuilding_%26_Drydock_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company">Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Transportation_Center" title="Chester Transportation Center">Chester Transportation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_Barry_Bridge" title="Commodore Barry Bridge">Commodore Barry Bridge</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1917_Chester_race_riot" title="1917 Chester race riot">1917 Chester race riot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_school_protests" title="Chester school protests">Chester school protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Street_Bridge_(Chester,_Pennsylvania)" title="Second Street Bridge (Chester, Pennsylvania)">Second Street Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Dump" title="Wade Dump">Wade Dump</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Creek" title="Chester Creek">Chester Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Creek" title="Ridley Creek">Ridley Creek</a></li> <li><a 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title="Concordville, Pennsylvania">Concordville</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-476.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/25px-I-476.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/38px-I-476.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/I-476.svg/50px-I-476.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Meeting,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania">Plymouth Meeting</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-95.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/I-95.svg/20px-I-95.svg.png" 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Chichester, Pennsylvania">Upper Chichester</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Chester</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PA-291.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/PA-291.svg/25px-PA-291.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/PA-291.svg/38px-PA-291.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/PA-291.svg/50px-PA-291.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_International_Airport" title="Philadelphia International Airport">Philadelphia International Airport</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img 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title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester</a> (1682-1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania" title="Lock Haven, Pennsylvania">Lock Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadville,_Pennsylvania" title="Meadville, Pennsylvania">Meadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania" title="Sunbury, Pennsylvania">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniontown,_Pennsylvania" title="Uniontown, Pennsylvania">Uniontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington, Pennsylvania">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(Pennsylvania)" title="Borough (Pennsylvania)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaver,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Pennsylvania" title="Bedford, Pennsylvania">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellefonte,_Pennsylvania" title="Bellefonte, Pennsylvania">Bellefonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookville,_Pennsylvania" title="Brookville, Pennsylvania">Brookville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Chambersburg, Pennsylvania">Chambersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearfield,_Pennsylvania" title="Clearfield, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coudersport,_Pennsylvania" title="Coudersport, Pennsylvania">Coudersport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Pennsylvania" title="Danville, Pennsylvania">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doylestown,_Pennsylvania" title="Doylestown, Pennsylvania">Doylestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Ebensburg, Pennsylvania">Ebensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporium,_Pennsylvania" title="Emporium, Pennsylvania">Emporium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Gettysburg, Pennsylvania">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollidaysburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania">Hollidaysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honesdale,_Pennsylvania" title="Honesdale, Pennsylvania">Honesdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntingdon, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana,_Pennsylvania" title="Indiana, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Jim Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittanning,_Pennsylvania" title="Kittanning, Pennsylvania">Kittanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laporte,_Pennsylvania" title="Laporte, Pennsylvania">Laporte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Lewisburg, Pennsylvania">Lewisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewistown,_Pennsylvania" title="Lewistown, Pennsylvania">Lewistown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnellsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania">McConnellsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer,_Pennsylvania" title="Mercer, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Middleburg, Pennsylvania">Middleburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifflintown,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflintown, Pennsylvania">Mifflintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Pennsylvania" title="Milford, Pennsylvania">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Pennsylvania" title="Montrose, Pennsylvania">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bloomfield,_Pennsylvania" title="New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania">New Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgway,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridgway, Pennsylvania">Ridgway</a></li> <li><a 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class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania"><span>Media</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City_(Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" title="City (Pennsylvania)">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/Aldan,_Pennsylvania" title="Aldan, Pennsylvania">Aldan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_Pennsylvania" title="Brookhaven, Pennsylvania">Brookhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Heights,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester Heights, Pennsylvania">Chester Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Heights,_Pennsylvania" title="Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania">Clifton Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingdale,_Pennsylvania" title="Collingdale, Pennsylvania">Collingdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colwyn,_Pennsylvania" title="Colwyn, Pennsylvania">Colwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby,_Pennsylvania" title="Darby, Pennsylvania">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lansdowne,_Pennsylvania" title="East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania">East Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddystone,_Pennsylvania" title="Eddystone, Pennsylvania">Eddystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folcroft,_Pennsylvania" title="Folcroft, Pennsylvania">Folcroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenolden,_Pennsylvania" title="Glenolden, Pennsylvania">Glenolden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_Pennsylvania" title="Lansdowne, Pennsylvania">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Hook,_Pennsylvania" title="Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania">Marcus Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media,_Pennsylvania" title="Media, Pennsylvania">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbourne,_Pennsylvania" title="Millbourne, Pennsylvania">Millbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton,_Pennsylvania" title="Morton, Pennsylvania">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwood,_Pennsylvania" title="Norwood, Pennsylvania">Norwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkside,_Pennsylvania" title="Parkside, Pennsylvania">Parkside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prospect_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Prospect Park, Pennsylvania">Prospect Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Park, Pennsylvania">Ridley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Valley,_Pennsylvania" title="Rose Valley, Pennsylvania">Rose Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutledge,_Pennsylvania" title="Rutledge, Pennsylvania">Rutledge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Hill,_Pennsylvania" title="Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania">Sharon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarthmore,_Pennsylvania" title="Swarthmore, Pennsylvania">Swarthmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trainer,_Pennsylvania" title="Trainer, Pennsylvania">Trainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upland,_Pennsylvania" title="Upland, Pennsylvania">Upland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeadon,_Pennsylvania" title="Yeadon, Pennsylvania">Yeadon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Aston Township, Pennsylvania">Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadds_Ford_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania">Chadds Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester Township, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgmont_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Edgmont Township, Pennsylvania">Edgmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford Township, Pennsylvania">Haverford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Chichester_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Chichester Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marple_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Marple Township, Pennsylvania">Marple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania">Nether Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornbury_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Thornbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinicum_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Tinicum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Chichester_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Upper Providence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardmore,_Pennsylvania" title="Ardmore, Pennsylvania">Ardmore</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boothwyn,_Pennsylvania" title="Boothwyn, Pennsylvania">Boothwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomall,_Pennsylvania" title="Broomall, Pennsylvania">Broomall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Mawr,_Pennsylvania" title="Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania">Bryn Mawr</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadds_Ford,_Pennsylvania" title="Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania">Chadds Ford</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyney,_Pennsylvania" title="Cheyney, Pennsylvania">Cheyney University</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilworthtown,_Pennsylvania" title="Dilworthtown, Pennsylvania">Dilworthtown</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drexel_Hill,_Pennsylvania" title="Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania">Drexel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom,_Pennsylvania" title="Folsom, Pennsylvania">Folsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_College,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford College, Pennsylvania">Haverford College</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lima,_Pennsylvania" title="Lima, Pennsylvania">Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linwood,_Pennsylvania" title="Linwood, Pennsylvania">Linwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemont,_Pennsylvania" title="Rosemont, Pennsylvania">Rosemont</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Davids,_Pennsylvania" title="St. Davids, Pennsylvania">St. Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Green-Green_Ridge,_Pennsylvania" title="Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania">Village Green-Green Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne,_Pennsylvania" title="Wayne, Pennsylvania">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlyn,_Pennsylvania" title="Woodlyn, Pennsylvania">Woodlyn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Valley,_Delaware_and_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver Valley, Delaware and Pennsylvania">Beaver Valley</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booths_Corner,_Pennsylvania" title="Booths Corner, Pennsylvania">Booths Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bortondale,_Pennsylvania" title="Bortondale, Pennsylvania">Bortondale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Pennsylvania" title="Bowling Green, Pennsylvania">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Pennsylvania" title="Chelsea, Pennsylvania">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chichester, Pennsylvania">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concordville,_Pennsylvania" title="Concordville, Pennsylvania">Concordville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crum_Lynne,_Pennsylvania" title="Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania">Crum Lynne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elwyn,_Pennsylvania" title="Elwyn, Pennsylvania">Elwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltonville,_Pennsylvania" title="Feltonville, Pennsylvania">Feltonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden City, Pennsylvania">Garden City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnet_Valley,_Pennsylvania#Garnet_Valley" title="Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania">Garnet Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Hill,_Pennsylvania" title="Garrett Hill, Pennsylvania">Garrett Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Mills,_Pennsylvania" title="Glen Mills, Pennsylvania">Glen Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Riddle,_Pennsylvania" title="Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania">Glen Riddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gradyville,_Pennsylvania" title="Gradyville, Pennsylvania">Gradyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford, Pennsylvania">Haverford</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havertown,_Pennsylvania" title="Havertown, Pennsylvania">Havertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmes,_Pennsylvania" title="Holmes, Pennsylvania">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenni,_Pennsylvania" title="Lenni, Pennsylvania">Lenni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanerch,_Pennsylvania" title="Llanerch, Pennsylvania">Llanerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Pennsylvania#Moylan" title="Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania">Moylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painters_Crossing,_Pennsylvania" title="Painters Crossing, Pennsylvania">Painters Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor, Pennsylvania">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riddlewood,_Pennsylvania" title="Riddlewood, Pennsylvania">Riddlewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secane,_Pennsylvania" title="Secane, Pennsylvania">Secane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Pennsylvania#South_Media" title="Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania">South Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strafford,_Pennsylvania" title="Strafford, Pennsylvania">Strafford</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Pennsylvania" title="Thornton, Pennsylvania">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallingford,_Pennsylvania" title="Wallingford, Pennsylvania">Wallingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wawa,_Pennsylvania" title="Wawa, Pennsylvania">Wawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyola,_Pennsylvania" title="Wyola, Pennsylvania">Wyola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebleys_Corner,_Pennsylvania" title="Zebleys Corner, Pennsylvania">Zebleys Corner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_station_(SEPTA)" title="Darlington station (SEPTA)">Darling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Pennsylvania (state)"><span>Pennsylvania portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Pennsylvania">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Pennsylvania" title="Climate change in Pennsylvania">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Pennsylvania">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Pennsylvania" title="Crime in Pennsylvania">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania#Demographics" title="Pennsylvania">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania#Economy" title="Pennsylvania">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Pennsylvania" title="Education in Pennsylvania">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Pennsylvania" title="Gambling in Pennsylvania">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Pennsylvania">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Pennsylvania" title="Politics of Pennsylvania">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Pennsylvania" title="Sports in Pennsylvania">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_metropolitan_areas" title="Pennsylvania metropolitan areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Harrisburg–Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93York%E2%80%93Lebanon_combined_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area">Harrisburg–York–Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton‑Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington-Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover, Pennsylvania">Hanover</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of cities in Pennsylvania">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuBois,_Pennsylvania" title="DuBois, Pennsylvania">DuBois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Pottsville, Pennsylvania">Pottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury,_Pennsylvania" title="Sunbury, Pennsylvania">Sunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_boroughs_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania">Largest<br />municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Abington Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensalem_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania">Bensalem Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Bethel Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bristol Township, Pennsylvania">Bristol Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania">Cheltenham Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranberry_Township,_Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania">Cranberry Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby,_Pennsylvania" title="Darby, Pennsylvania">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Falls Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampden_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Hampden Township, Pennsylvania">Hampden Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Haverford Township, Pennsylvania">Haverford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempfield_Township,_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Hempfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Macungie_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Macungie Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Makefield_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Makefield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Paxton_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Paxton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manheim_Township,_Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Manheim Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCandless,_Pennsylvania" title="McCandless, Pennsylvania">McCandless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Middletown Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millcreek_Township,_Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania">Millcreek Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Monroeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mt._Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Mt. Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Northampton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Huntingdon_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="North Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania">North Huntingdon Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Hills,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn Hills, Pennsylvania">Penn Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Ross Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaler_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Shaler Township, Pennsylvania">Shaler Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Township,_Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania">Spring Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tredyffrin_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania">Tredyffrin Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Merion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Warminster Township, Pennsylvania">Warminster Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania">Whitehall Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="York Township, Pennsylvania">York Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Pennsylvania" title="Regions of Pennsylvania">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_National_Forest" title="Allegheny National Forest">Allegheny National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bald_Eagle_Valley" title="Bald Eagle Valley">Bald Eagle Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Region" title="Coal Region">Coal Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley" title="Cumberland Valley">Cumberland Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch_Country" title="Pennsylvania Dutch Country">Dutch Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endless_Mountains" title="Endless Mountains">Endless Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Great Valley (Pennsylvania)">Great Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_(Pennsylvania)" title="Happy Valley (Pennsylvania)">Happy Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Highlands" title="Laurel Highlands">Laurel Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_Valley" title="Lebanon Valley">Lebanon Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahoning_Valley_(geographic)" title="Mahoning Valley (geographic)">Mahoning Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Main_Line" title="Philadelphia Main Line">Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittany_Valley" title="Nittany Valley">Nittany Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tier_(Pennsylvania)" title="Northern Tier (Pennsylvania)">Northern Tier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Pennsylvania" title="North Central Pennsylvania">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Penn_Valley" title="North Penn Valley">North Penn Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh%E2%80%93New_Castle%E2%80%93Weirton_combined_statistical_area" title="Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area">Ohio Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Region">Oil Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oley_Valley" title="Oley Valley">Oley Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Highlands_Region" title="Pennsylvania Highlands Region">Pennsylvania Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Wilds" title="Pennsylvania Wilds">Pennsylvania Wilds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penns_Valley" title="Penns Valley">Penns Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocono_Mountains" title="Pocono Mountains">Pocono Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93York%E2%80%93Lebanon_combined_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area">South Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_Valley" title="Susquehanna Valley">Susquehanna Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania" title="Western Pennsylvania">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of counties in Pennsylvania">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Adams County, Pennsylvania">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Armstrong County, Pennsylvania">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bedford County, Pennsylvania">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Berks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Blair County, Pennsylvania">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bradford County, Pennsylvania">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Butler County, Pennsylvania">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cambria County, Pennsylvania">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cameron County, Pennsylvania">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbon County, Pennsylvania">Carbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Centre County, Pennsylvania">Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clarion County, Pennsylvania">Clarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clearfield County, Pennsylvania">Clearfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clinton County, Pennsylvania">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Columbia County, Pennsylvania">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Crawford County, Pennsylvania">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Cumberland County, Pennsylvania">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Elk County, Pennsylvania">Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie County, Pennsylvania">Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fayette County, Pennsylvania">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Forest County, Pennsylvania">Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin County, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Fulton County, Pennsylvania">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Greene County, Pennsylvania">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Indiana County, Pennsylvania">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Jefferson County, Pennsylvania">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juniata_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Juniata County, Pennsylvania">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Lackawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster County, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lawrence County, Pennsylvania">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon County, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Luzerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lycoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lycoming County, Pennsylvania">Lycoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="McKean County, Pennsylvania">McKean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mercer County, Pennsylvania">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Mifflin County, Pennsylvania">Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroe County, Pennsylvania">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montour_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montour County, Pennsylvania">Montour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton County, Pennsylvania">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northumberland County, Pennsylvania">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Perry County, Pennsylvania">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pike County, Pennsylvania">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Potter County, Pennsylvania">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania">Schuylkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Snyder County, Pennsylvania">Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Somerset County, Pennsylvania">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Sullivan County, Pennsylvania">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania">Susquehanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tioga_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Tioga County, Pennsylvania">Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Union County, Pennsylvania">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Venango County, Pennsylvania">Venango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren County, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington County, Pennsylvania">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wayne County, Pennsylvania">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Wyoming County, Pennsylvania">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Pennsylvania" title="York County, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/48px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/64px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pennsylvania" title="Portal:Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania 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title="Berks County, Pennsylvania">Berks (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bucks (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_County,_New_Jersey" title="Burlington County, New Jersey">Burlington (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_New_Jersey" title="Camden County, New Jersey">Camden (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_May_County,_New_Jersey" title="Cape May County, New Jersey">Cape May (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_County,_Maryland" title="Cecil County, Maryland">Cecil (MD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester County, Pennsylvania">Chester (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_New_Jersey" title="Cumberland County, New Jersey">Cumberland (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Delaware (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent (DE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey">Mercer (NJ)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Montgomery (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle (DE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia (PA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem (NJ)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liberty_Bell,_Independence_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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and towns<br />50k-99k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abington_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Abington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensalem_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania">Bensalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandywine_Hundred" title="Brandywine Hundred">Brandywine Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_New_Jersey" title="Cherry Hill, New Jersey">Cherry Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester Township, New Jersey">Gloucester Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Merion_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Merion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_Hundred" title="New Castle Hundred">New Castle Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsauken_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Pennsauken Township, New Jersey">Pennsauken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vineland,_New_Jersey" title="Vineland, New Jersey">Vineland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#115AAC; color:white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />30k-50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania">Cheltenham</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Deptford Township, New Jersey">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_Harbor_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey">Egg Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evesham_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Evesham Township, New Jersey">Evesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewing_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Ewing Township, New Jersey">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galloway_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Galloway Township, New Jersey">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Haverford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Township,_Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Makefield_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania">Lower Makefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millville,_New_Jersey" title="Millville, New Jersey">Millville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Laurel,_New_Jersey" title="Mount Laurel, New Jersey">Mount Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Radnor Township, Pennsylvania">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Ridley Township, Pennsylvania">Ridley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warminster_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Warminster Township, Pennsylvania">Warminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Township,_Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willingboro_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Willingboro Township, New Jersey">Willingboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Winslow Township, New Jersey">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#115AAC; color:white;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis" title="Northeast megalopolis">Northeast megalopolis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Home_rule_municipalities_in_Pennsylvania" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:PA_Home_Rule_Municipality" title="Template:PA Home Rule Municipality"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:PA_Home_Rule_Municipality" title="Template talk:PA Home Rule Municipality"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:PA_Home_Rule_Municipality" title="Special:EditPage/Template:PA Home Rule Municipality"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Home_rule_municipalities_in_Pennsylvania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Home_rule_municipality_(Pennsylvania)" title="Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania)">Home rule municipalities</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania#City" title="Local government in Pennsylvania">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First Class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second Class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second Class A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third Class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania" title="Altoona, Pennsylvania">Altoona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Falls,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania">Beaver Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbondale, Pennsylvania">Carbondale</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clairton,_Pennsylvania" title="Clairton, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Clairton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatesville,_Pennsylvania" title="Coatesville, Pennsylvania">Coatesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrell,_Pennsylvania" title="Farrell, Pennsylvania">Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Pennsylvania" title="Franklin, Pennsylvania">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Greensburg, Pennsylvania">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermitage,_Pennsylvania" title="Hermitage, Pennsylvania">Hermitage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnstown, Pennsylvania">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanticoke,_Pennsylvania" title="Nanticoke, Pennsylvania">Nanticoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittston,_Pennsylvania" title="Pittston, Pennsylvania">Pittston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Marys,_Pennsylvania" title="St. Marys, Pennsylvania">St. Marys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Pennsylvania" title="Sharon, Pennsylvania">Sharon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Pennsylvania" title="Warren, Pennsylvania">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(Pennsylvania)" title="Borough (Pennsylvania)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Pennsylvania" title="Bellevue, Pennsylvania">Bellevue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel_Park,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethel Park, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Bethel Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braddock,_Pennsylvania" title="Braddock, Pennsylvania">Braddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Woods,_Pennsylvania" title="Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania">Bradford Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Athyn,_Pennsylvania" title="Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania">Bryn Athyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Springs,_Pennsylvania" title="Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania">Cambridge Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalfont,_Pennsylvania" title="Chalfont, Pennsylvania">Chalfont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Edinboro, Pennsylvania">Edinboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Tree,_Pennsylvania" title="Green Tree, Pennsylvania">Green Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Pennsylvania" title="Greenville, Pennsylvania">Town of Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Pennsylvania" title="Kingston, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrobe,_Pennsylvania" title="Latrobe, Pennsylvania">City of Latrobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanoy_City,_Pennsylvania" title="Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania">Mahanoy City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvern,_Pennsylvania" title="Malvern, Pennsylvania">Malvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroeville,_Pennsylvania" title="Monroeville, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Monroeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrysville,_Pennsylvania" title="Murrysville, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Murrysville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown,_Pennsylvania" title="Norristown, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Norristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage,_Pennsylvania" title="Portage, Pennsylvania">Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrone,_Pennsylvania" title="Tyrone, Pennsylvania">Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="West Chester, Pennsylvania">West Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Whitehall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Youngsville, Pennsylvania">Youngsville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First Class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Cheltenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverford_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Haverford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCandless,_Pennsylvania" title="McCandless, Pennsylvania">Town of McCandless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mt._Lebanon,_Pennsylvania" title="Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Mt. Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Hara_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">O'Hara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Hills,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn Hills, Pennsylvania">Municipality of Penn Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_St._Clair_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania">Upper St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania">Whitehall</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Grant_Township,_Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_Township,_Lehigh_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Township,_Elk_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Highland Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsham_Township,_Montgomery_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania">Horsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peters_Township,_Washington_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Pine Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Pine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Township,_Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towamencin_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania">Towamencin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tredyffrin_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania">Tredyffrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Upper Providence</a></li> 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