About Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County is located in southeastern Pennsylvania. The county seat is West Chester (official site: http://www.chesco.org/).
- Population: 512,784
- Households: 194,329
- Median household income: $86,050
- Median home value: $325,200
- Below poverty line: 6.9%
- Land area: 750.5 sq mi
- Population density: 664.7 people / sq mi
- Public libraries indexed: 18
- NCES schools indexed: 112
Street Search
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Chester County road index searchable by by directional, street name, street type, and/or municipality name.
Archives
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Chester County Archives & Records databases, including road records, atlases, court, criminal & prison records, land records, military, naturalizations, poorhouse and pauper, probate, servant, slavery, tax, and census records.
Court Records, Marriages, Divorces, Wills, Tax Claims
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A ChescoPIN subscription is required to search these databases which include Prothonotary Court case records, Register of Wills records including divorces, Sheriff Office civil service, and delinquent tax claims.
Court Records — Criminal
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Unified Judicial System Common Pleas Court docket database, including Chester County criminal and administrative court records.
Sheriff Sales
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Chester County Sheriff Office real property sales, filing schedules, sales lists.
Archives — Births, Deaths, Marriages
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Chester County Vital Records Archives, including 1852-1855 and 1893-1906 birth records, delayed birth records 1857-1906, deaths 1852-1855 and 1893-1906, coroners' records, proof of death registers, veterans burial records, marriages 1852-1855 and 1885-1930.
Recorded Documents
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Chester County Recorder of Deeds index of mortgages, deeds, liens, amendments, easements, assignments, lis pendens, and other recorded documents.
Property — GIS
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Chester County GIS map service. Find parcels by interactive map, parcel number, last name, or address.
GIS Maps
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Click on "Chester County Interactive Map Gallery" to search interactive maps for parks, food banks, county offices and parks, zoning, schools, floodplains, farm products, parcels, police and fire departments, and hospitals.