Chester County

proper noun

One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: West Chester.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: West Chester.

    His district — which covers all but seven eastern Lancaster County municipalities along with Reading in Berks County and parts of western Chester County — was reconfigured to to ^([sic]) drop Berks and Chester while expanding to all of Lancaster County and adding southern York County.

    2018 October 21, Sam Janesch, “Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record”, in Lancaster Online, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2022
  2. One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Chester.
  3. One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Henderson.

Origin

Named after Chester, England (Pennsylvania), Robert I. Chester (Tennessee), and possibly after the county seat in South Carolina.

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APA

Chester County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chester%20County

MLA

“Chester County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chester%20County. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chester County,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chester%20County.

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