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Chester County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Robert Chester
- Seat
- Henderson
- Largest city
- Henderson
- Total
- 286 sq mi (740 km )
- Land
- 286 sq mi (740 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,994
- Density
- 60/sq mi (23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- chestercountytn .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Henderson
- Capital
- Henderson
- Population
- 17341
- Area
- 748
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- McNairy County
- Official website
- chestercountytn.org
- Image
- Chester county tennessee courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5992
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- water as percent of area
- 0.08
- native label
- Chester County
- Commons category
- Chester County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Chester County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chester County, Tennessee
- different from
- Chester County
- per capita income
- 22150
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Encyclopedic overview
Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,341. Its county seat is Henderson. The county was created in 1879 and organized in 1882. Chester County is included in the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chester County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.