Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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city

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States is an industrial city along the Delaware River in southeastern Pennsylvania, historically known for its shipbuilding, manufacturing, and role as one of the state’s oldest settlements.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chester, Pennsylvania	15

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
adjacentTo	Chester Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ Eddystone, Pennsylvania ⓘ Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania ⓘ Ridley Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ Upland, Pennsylvania ⓘ
areaCode	484 ⓘ 610 ⓘ 835 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Delaware County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
foundedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
governmentType	city government ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Chester Upland School District ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Widener University ⓘ Delaware Law School ⓘ surface form: Widener University Delaware Law School
hasIndustrialSector	manufacturing plants ⓘ oil refining ⓘ shipyards ⓘ
hasPort	Port on the Delaware River ⓘ
hasRailStation	Chester Transportation Center ⓘ
hasRiverfront	Chester waterfront on the Delaware River ⓘ
hasSportsFacility	Subaru Park ⓘ
historicalRole	early colonial settlement ⓘ one of the oldest settlements in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hosts	Subaru Park ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Delaware County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
knownFor	industrial history ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedNear	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Delaware River ⓘ
originallyPartOf	Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf	Delaware Valley ⓘ
postalCode	19013 ⓘ 19016 ⓘ
settledBy	European colonists ⓘ
sportsTeam	Philadelphia Union ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
transportation	Northeast Corridor ⓘ surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor Interstate 95 ⓘ U.S. Route 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ