Chester

Summary

Chester is a city^[1]. Chester ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chester is located in Delaware County^[3].
• Chester is in the country of United States^[4].
• Chester is on the body of water Delaware River^[5].
• Chester is on the body of water Chester Creek^[6].
• Chester's head of government is recorded as Stefan Roots^[7].
• Chester's image is recorded as Chester-pa-avenue-of-the-states-june-2010.jpg^[8].
• Chester's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Chester's instance of is recorded as home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[10].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Chester Township^[11].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Upper Chichester Township^[12].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Trainer^[13].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Logan Township^[14].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Greenwich Township^[15].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Eddystone^[16].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Ridley Township^[17].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Nether Providence Township^[18].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Brookhaven^[19].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Parkside^[20].
• Chester's shares border with is recorded as Upland^[21].
• Chester's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128432705^[22].
• Chester's GND ID is recorded as 7674129-1^[23].
• Chester's locator map image is recorded as Chester city, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.png^[24].
• Chester's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81112366^[25].
• Chester's postal code is recorded as 19013^[26].
• Chester's postal code is recorded as 19016^[27].

Body

Geography

Chester is in the country of United States^[4]. Chester is located in Delaware County^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Delaware River^[5], a river^[28], in United States^[29] and Chester Creek^[6], a stream^[30], in United States^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.554672'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.554664'}^[33]. Chester's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+21'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+33972'}^[35], {'amount': '+36854'}^[36], {'amount': '+41856'}^[37], {'amount': '+45794'}^[38], {'amount': '+56331'}^[39], and {'amount': '+63658'}^[40].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[10].

History and Context

+1682-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chester^[41].

Why It Matters

Chester ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).^[2] Chester has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Chester is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]