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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
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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.