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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Randolph
- Total
- 5.82 sq mi (15.08 km )
- Land
- 5.81 sq mi (15.04 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 627 ft (191 m)
- Density
- 1,173.6/sq mi (453.14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-13139
- Website
- www .chesterill .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.