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CHESTER   a thriving post-village, capital of Randolph county, Illinois, on the Mississippi river, about 1 mile below the entrance of the Kaskaskia, and 149 miles from Springfield. It has considerable business, as the surplus produce of the county is mostly shipped at this place. A weekly newspaper is published here. Population in 1863, estimated at 1600.  (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)

CHESTER,  A thriving post village, capital of Randolph county, on the Mississippi river, about one mile below the entrance of the Kaskaskia, and 149 miles south from Springfield. It is a place of considerable business; the surplus produce of the county is mostly shipped at his place. Population, estimated at about 1,700. Alex. Dunn, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer..., 1859)

Total Population 1850
985
Total Population 1860
1228
Free Black Population 1860
58
Free Black Population 1850
43
Latitude
37.925605
Longitude
-89.827693
Waterways
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Randolph
State
Illinois