“C” is for Chester [Chester County; population 6,476]. In 1791 Chesterville (shortened to Chester in the 19th century) was surveyed to be the Chester County seat. Both the town and the county were named after Chester County, Pennsylvania, where many of the area’s first residents originated. The site was incorporated as a town in 1849 and received a city charter in 1889. The arrival of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad in 1851 brought the town prosperity and prominence. After the Civil War and for nearly a century, textiles were the mainstay of the economy. In the 1960s the town’s leaders helped create the Chester County Board of Commerce to diversify the economy and bring in new industry. In 1993 Chester became the setting for a CBS television miniseries, “Chiefs,” based on Stuart Wood’s best-selling novel.
“C” is for Chester
