West Chester

West Chester is a borough in in the of . It is the county seat.
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  • Type: City with 18,700 residents
  • Description: borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Borough of West Chester”, “West Chester, PA”, “West Chester, Pennsylvania”, “Westchester”, “Westchester, PA”, and “Westchester, Pennsylvania”
  • Postal codes: 19380-19383

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chester County Courthouse and Farmers and Mechanics Building.

Courthouse
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The is a historic courthouse building located in the county seat of West Chester, . It was built in 1846 at a cost of $55,346 and was designed by Thomas U.

Historic building
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The is a historic "skyscraper" located in West Chester, . It was completed in 1908 and is a six-story skyscraper building, with a basement and penthouse in the Classical Revival style.

Church
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is a historic Presbyterian church located at 130 W. Miner Street in West Chester, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Goshen.

Village
was a census-designated place in Township, , , United States. The population was 8,472 at the 2000 census. The CDP was not delineated for the 2010 census.

West Chester

Latitude
39.9597° or 39° 57′ 35″ north
Longitude
-75.606° or 75° 36′ 22″ west
Population
18,700
Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WCT
Open location code
87F6X95V+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2679399984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4562144
Wiki­data ID
Q1010244
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“West Chester” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وست تشستر”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Չեստեր”
  • Asturian: “West Chester”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uest-Çester”
  • Basque: “West Chester”
  • Belarusian: “Ўэст Чэстэр”
  • Belarusian: “Уэст-Чэстэр”
  • Belarusian: “Ўэст-Чэстэр”
  • Bulgarian: “Уест Честър”
  • Catalan: “Chester Occidental”
  • Catalan: “West Chester”
  • Cebuano: “West Chester”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Честер”
  • Chinese: “West Chester”
  • Chinese: “威彻斯特”
  • Chinese: “威徹斯特”
  • Chinese: “西切斯特”
  • Chinese: “西徹斯特”
  • Chinese: “車士打西”
  • Cornish: “West Chester, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “West Chester”
  • Czech: “West Chester”
  • Dagbani: “West Chester”
  • Danish: “West Chester”
  • Dutch: “West Chester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست تشيستر”
  • Esperanto: “Uest-Ĉestro”
  • Finnish: “West Chester”
  • French: “West Chester”
  • German: “West Chester”
  • Gilaki: “وست چستر (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “وست چستر”
  • Greek: “Γουέστ Τσέστερ”
  • Hebrew: “וסט צ’סטר”
  • Hungarian: “West Chester, PA”
  • Hungarian: “West Chester”
  • Irish: “West Chester, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “West Chester”
  • Italian: “West Chester”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・チェスター”
  • Japanese: “ウェストチェスター”
  • Korean: “웨스트체스터”
  • Ladin: “West Chester”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Chester”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Chester”
  • Norwegian: “West Chester”
  • Persian: “وست چستر”
  • Polish: “West Chester”
  • Portuguese: “West Chester”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Честер”
  • Serbian: “Вест Честер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Chester, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Chester”
  • Silesian: “West Chester”
  • Slovak: “West Chester”
  • Slovenian: “West Chester”
  • Spanish: “West Chester (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “West Chester”
  • Swedish: “West Chester”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Честер”
  • Turkish: “West Chester, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “West Chester”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Честер”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ چیسٹر، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ چیسٹر”
  • Uzbek: “West Chester”
  • Vietnamese: “West Chester, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “West Chester”
  • Volapük: “West Chester”
  • Welsh: “West Chester, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “West Chester”
  • Western Frisian: “West Chester”
  • “West Chester”

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