West Chester
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borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Chester
- Incorporated
- 1799 ; 227 years ago ( 1799 )
- Mayor
- Lillian DeBaptiste ( D )
- Total
- 1.85 sq mi (4.78 km )
- Land
- 1.85 sq mi (4.78 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 446 ft (136 m)
- Density
- 10,113.1/sq mi (3,904.69/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 19380–19383, 19388
- Area codes
- 484 and 610
- Fips code
- 42-82704
- Website
- west-chester .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- West Chester
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Chester County
- Population
- 18461
- Area
- 4.782211
- Elevation
- 136
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Chester County
- Shares border with
- West Goshen Township
- Official website
- west-chester.com
- Image
- Westchester.jpg
- Households
- 7374
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- Commons category
- West Chester, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:West Chester, Pennsylvania
- category for people born here
- Q8077058
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Chester, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1799-03-28
- postal code
- 19382
- water area
- 0.000561
- water as percent of area
- 0.0117
- per capita income
- 36009
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,671 at the 2020 census. West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships.
Much of the West Chester University North Campus and the Chester County government are located within the borough. The center of town is located at the intersection of Gay and High Streets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Chester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.