Tag: Chester PA

Site of Upland General Army Hospital during the Civil War.

Wikipedia says: Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area (also known as the Delaware Valley) on the western bank of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.

Incorporated in 1682, Chester is the oldest city in Pennsylvania and was the location of William Penn’s first arrival in the Province of Pennsylvania. It was the county seat for Chester County from 1682 to 1788 and of Delaware County from 1789 to 1851.