Chester County, Pennsylvania

administration
The Chester County Courthouse in West Chester, listed on the NRHP since 1972
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	West Chester
Address of the administrative headquarters:	2 N. High Street, Box 2748 West Chester, PA 19380-0991
Foundation :	1682
Area code :	001 610
Demographics
Residents :	498,886 (2000)
Population density :	254.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1968 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.chesco.org

The Chester [ tʃɛstɚ ] County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 498,886 people and a population density of 254.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is West Chester .

The Chester County is part of the Delaware Valley called metropolitan area around the city of Philadelphia .

geography

The county is located in the southwest suburbs of Philadelphia and is separated from Maryland to the south by the Mason-Dixon Line ; the south-eastern border with Delaware is the Twelve - Mile Circle formed, one from the Delaware River to the Mason - Dixon - line beaten arc with a radius of twelve miles around the old courthouse of New Castle , Delaware.

Chester County covers an area of 1,968 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Chester County:

	Berks County	Montgomery County
Lancaster County		Delaware County
	Cecil County, Maryland	New Castle County (Delaware)

history

Chester County was founded by William Penn on August 24, 1682 as one of three original Pennsylvania counties . It was named after the English county of Cheshire and its capital Chester .

On May 10, 1729, Lancaster County was spun off, Berks County was formed on March 11, 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia Counties. In the winter of 1777/78, George Washington pitched his winter camp in Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War .

As a National Historical Park , this camp is now under the protection of the National Park Service . Eight places in the county have National Historic Landmark status . 319 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 18, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	27,829	-
1800	32.093	15.3%
1810	39,596	23.4%
1820	44,451	12.3%
1830	50,910	14.5%
1840	57,515	13%
1850	66,438	15.5%
1860	74,578	12.3%
1870	77,805	4.3%
1880	83,481	7.3%
1890	89,377	7.1%
1900	95,695	7.1%
1910	109.213	14.1%
1920	115.120	5.4%
1930	126,629	10%
1940	135,626	7.1%
1950	159.141	17.3%
1960	210.608	32.3%
1970	278.311	32.1%
1980	316.660	13.8%
1990	376.396	18.9%
2000	433.501	15.2%
2010	498,886	15.1%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Map of Chester County

According to the 2010 census , Chester County had 498,886 people in 175,312 households. The population density was 254.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 85.5 percent white, 6.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 3.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.68 people lived in the 175,312 households.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 81,380 USD . The per capita income was $ 40,763. 6.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

City

Coatesville

Boroughs

Census-designated places (CDP)

Web links

Commons : Chester County, Pennsylvania - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 72001109.Retrieved October 10, 2011

↑ Chester County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 10, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 54 .
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved October 10, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved October 10, 2011
^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Chester County. Retrieved October 10, 2011

39.97 -75.75Coordinates: 39 ° 58 ′ N , 75 ° 45 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 72001109.Retrieved October 10, 2011