“C” is for Chester County (581 square miles; 2020 population 32,294). Named for Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester was one of seven counties created in 1785 from the old Camden Judicial District. Situated in the rolling hills of South Carolina’s eastern Piedmont, Chester is bounded on the east by the Catawba River, and on the west by the Broad River. Unlike other counties established at the same time, Chester’s dimensions have never been altered. Since the late nineteenth century, the county’s economy has been based on industry and agriculture. Today, however, the industrial sector focuses on timber production instead of textiles and the agricultural sector on a variety of crops (including wheat, oats, rye, beef and dairy cattle and peaches) instead on depending solely on cotton. The county seat of Chesterville (later Chester) was created in 1791.
“C” is for Chester County
