21 Facts About Chester Pennsylvania

Chester Pennsylvania evolved over the centuries from a small town with wooden shipbuilding and textile factories into an industrial powerhouse producing steel ships for two World Wars and a myriad of consumer goods.

Indian tribe that owned the land where Chester Pennsylvania now stands were the Okehockings, removed by order of William Penn in 1702 to other lands in Chester Pennsylvania County.

The original Indian name of Chester Pennsylvania was Mecoponaca, which means "the stream along which large potatoes grow".

The settlement that became Chester Pennsylvania was first called "Finlandia" and then "Upland" after the Swedish province of Uppland.

In 1644, the present site of Chester Pennsylvania was a tobacco plantation operated by the New Sweden colonists.

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Chester Pennsylvania served as the county seat for Chester Pennsylvania County from 1682 to 1788.

In 1724, the Chester Pennsylvania Courthouse was built to support the legal needs of the county.

Chester Pennsylvania played only a small role in the American Revolutionary War.

Roach built other businesses to supply materials for his shipbuilding including the Chester Pennsylvania Rolling Mill in 1873 to supply metal hull plates and beams, the Chester Pennsylvania Pipe and Tube Company in 1877 for the manufacture of iron pipes and boiler tubes, and the Standard Steel Casting Company in 1883 to supply steel ingots.

Chester Pennsylvania lost control of the company after his shipbuilding enterprise entered receivership in 1885.

Chester Pennsylvania was known as a freewheeling destination for vices such as drugs, alcohol, numbers rackets, gambling and prostitution.

Chester Pennsylvania experienced its second growth period during World War II.

Chester Pennsylvania began losing its mainstay manufacturing jobs by the early 1960s.

The demonstrations were marked by violence and police brutality with Chester Pennsylvania being dubbed the "Birmingham of the North" by civil rights activist James Farmer.

Many bottom-rung projects were initiated in Chester Pennsylvania, including the Westinghouse trash incinerator, a sewage treatment plant, and a prison.

Recent programs to foster investment into Chester include the Pennsylvania Keystone Opportunity Zone program, which incentivizes companies with state and local tax breaks to invest in KOZ-designated areas.

Current mayor of the City of Chester Pennsylvania is Thaddeus Kirkland, who won the Democratic nomination in May 2015 over incumbent Mayor John Linder.

Chester Pennsylvania has been hurt for decades by corrupt politicians and organized crime.

Chester Pennsylvania is served by two interstate highways: Interstate 95 and Interstate 476, which meet in nearby Crum Lynne.

Public bus transportation in Chester is provided by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which acquired the former Suburban Philadelphia Transit Authority in 1968.

Chester Pennsylvania is the home of the Major League Soccer Philadelphia Union franchise, which plays its home games at Subaru Park, a soccer-specific stadium at the base of the Commodore Barry Bridge.