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https://cdn.scencyclopedia.org/sce/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14142014/Chester-County-Courthouse.jpg672449(581 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 32,232). 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 […]