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A whole county
to fall for.
Creek roads and borough sidewalks. Farm fields, old mills, and neighbors who make things happen. There’s always another reason to love Chester County.
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The other side of a day out
Your next regular night.
A trivia team. A music-bingo chorus. A game night somewhere unexpected. Find a good reason to get together.
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Good things,
close to home.
An orchard down a familiar road. A baker’s early start. Meet the growers and makers who give the county its flavor.
Meet the growers & makers →- Farm or orchard · Cochranville areaNorth Star Orchard
- Makers & specialty shops · Kennett Square areaThe Mushroom Cap
- Bakery · West Chester areaYori’s Bakery
Keep up with the county
Worth a local read
- health
County describes family supports for substance-use challenges
Chester County says the Family Learning Series has helped more than 1,000 Pennsylvania residents support loved ones and trained an additional 600 Chester County residents as recovery partners. The County also describes a three-session Family Recovery Course for parents and caregivers; the release does not list current session dates.
- community
Chester County Honors Community Contributions at Citizen Planner Awards Reception
The Chester County Planning Commission and Chester County 2020 presented five Citizen Planner Awards on October 15. The County says the honorees were recognized for leadership, sustainability planning, community revitalization and responsible development, with contributions tied to Phoenixville, the Kennett area, Caln Township and Coatesville.
The place beneath the present
Every road has a longer story.
Chester County makes more sense when its homelands, changing boundaries, farms, industry, freedom struggles, and public places are read together.
Read this story Explore the full history guideOur county, in autumn. Surfsupusa (Timothy R. Brennan), photograph, 2015; Wikimedia Commons. · 2015-10-25. CC BY-SA 4.0; attribution and share-alike terms apply. Full composition resized and converted to WebP; the derivative retains this license. Original photograph ↗ · Reuse terms ↗