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Name | Chester |
Alt names | Chester | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Wisdom County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS47041228 |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 35.433°N 88.6°W |
Located in | Tennessee, United States (1879 - ) |
See also | Hardeman, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Henderson, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Madison, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | McNairy, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,131. Its county seat is Henderson. The county was created in 1879 and organized in 1882.[1] Chester County is included in the Jackson, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1879 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1882 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1890 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1891 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1891 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1891 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1908 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1890 | 9,069
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1900 | 9,896
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1910 | 9,090
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1920 | 9,669
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1930 | 10,603
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1940 | 11,124
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1950 | 11,149
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1960 | 9,569
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1970 | 9,927
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1980 | 12,727
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1990 | 12,819
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Chester County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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