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Brownfields Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for East Pikeland Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
East Pikeland Township
Bryton Avenue Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for North Coventry Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
North Coventry Township
Burgess Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Wallace Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Wallace Township
Caln
Official links, local coverage and places connected to this municipality.
Caln Park West
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Caln Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Caln Township
Carey St. Playground
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Phoenixville Borough. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Phoenixville Borough
Catamount Road Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Upper Oxford Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Upper Oxford Township
Cedar Hollow Rd. Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Tredyffrin Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Tredyffrin Township
Charles Brooke develops Hibernia iron works
County heritage material associates Charles Brooke with the Hibernia iron works in the early nineteenth century. Hibernia, present-day Chester County.
Charlestown
Official links, local coverage and places connected to this municipality.
Charlestown Park
A municipal recreation property listed in Chester County GIS for Charlestown Township. The County dataset describes its parcels as currently open to the public for recreation.
Charlestown Township
Chester County advocates press for darker night skies
VISTA.Today, drawing on WHYY reporting, describes the West Chester Green Team’s efforts to reduce light pollution. The group is encouraging more carefully directed outdoor lighting and hopes to pursue dark-sky recognition; the story does not establish that Chester County has received that designation.
VISTA.Today
publisher report
Chester County Archives opens
The Chester County Archives was dedicated in 1982 through a partnership between the County and the Chester County Historical Society. The County provided space while the Society supplied professional archival expertise, and dispersed government records were returned to county custody. The Archives now helps researchers trace lives and institutions through deeds, court files, maps, military records, and other public documents.
Chester County established
Pennsylvania’s official archive lists Chester among the original counties established in November 1682. That colonial county covered a much larger area than today’s Chester County, including places later assigned to other counties. Reading old deeds, court papers, or family records therefore requires attention to the date and location: “Chester County” on an early document does not necessarily refer to a place within the modern county boundary.
Chester County forms a parks board
The County established a parks board in 1958, creating a public structure for acquiring and managing parkland. The first purchase followed in 1962, then Nottingham County Park opened in 1963. Later sites protected a range of landscapes, including former quarries, woodland, water, and industrial properties.
Chester County History Center
A downtown museum for Chester County stories, with changing galleries, a research library and a museum shop. Check the current exhibit and tour schedule; library and photo-archive visits are best arranged ahead.
West Chester postal area · Operator details checked 2026-10-03
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.
Chester County Government
government release
Chester County receives $1.35 million in state grants
The County says grants will support a 911 upgrade, safety work at the Downingtown trestle and a flood-safety pilot in six local communities, along with heritage-tourism kiosks.
Chester County Government
government release
Chester Valley Trail — Chester County section
The paved regional route has 13.5 miles open in Chester County and 5.1 miles in Montgomery County; the County describes a western extension into Downingtown as under construction.
Chester Valley Trail reaches its demonstration stage
The County chronology marks the trail’s demonstration phase as an early step in a regional multi-use route. Chester Valley and regional trail corridor.