  chester is a city in delaware county, pennsylvania, united states, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. chester is situated on the delaware river, between the cities of philadelphia and wilmington, delaware. == history == the first european settlers in the area were swedes. they called the settlement that became chester first finlandia (the latin name for finland), then upland (see the swedish province of uppland and the borough of upland). they built fort mecoponacka in 1641 to defend the settlement.narratives of early pennsylvania, west new jersey and delaware 1630â1707 (edited by albert cook myers. new york: charles scribner's sons. 1912) http://www.questia.com/pm.qst?a=o&d=6006508  by 1682, upland was the most populous town of the new province of pennsylvania. on october 27, the ship welcome arrived at the town, bearing william penn on his first vi
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