Gazetteer/Almanac
CHESTER COUNTY, situated at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania, with Schuylkill river on the northeast. Area, 729 square miles. Face of the country extremely diversified by mountains, hills, valleys and plains, with a soil equally varied, changing from rocky to the productive limestone valley, and the fertile loamy plain. Seat of justice, Westchester. Pop. in 1820, 44,455; in 1830, 50,910; in 1840. 57,515; in 1850, 66,438. (Fanning's, 1853)
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| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Charlestown Township, PA | City or Town |
| Coatesville, PA | City or Town |
| Compass, PA | City or Town |
| Coventry Township, PA | City or Town |
| Downingtown, PA | City or Town |
| East Whiteland, PA | City or Town |
| Elverson, PA | City or Town |
| Ercildown, PA | City or Town |
| Honey Brook, PA | City or Town |
| Kennett Square, PA | City or Town |
| Kimberton, PA | City or Town |
| Oxford, PA | City or Town |
| Parkesburg, PA | City or Town |
| Phoenixville, PA | City or Town |
| Warwick, PA | City or Town |
| West Chester, PA | City or Town |
| West Fallowfield, PA | City or Town |
| West Vincent, PA | City or Town |
| Westtown, PA | City or Town |
