Chester, Pennsylvania

Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, population 36,854 at the 2000 census.

Related Topics:
Delaware County, Pennsylvania - 2000 - Census

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Chester's most famous son may well be John Morton, who cast the deciding vote on the Declaration of Independence, but Ethel Waters of jazz fame was born here on October 31, 1896, and Martin Luther King Jr. obtained his Bachelor of Divinity here in 1951 from Crozer Theological Seminary.

Related Topics:
John Morton - Declaration of Independence - Ethel Waters - October 31 - 1896 - Martin Luther King Jr. - Bachelor of Divinity - 1951 - Crozer Theological Seminary

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