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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Randolph
- Total
- 5.82 sq mi (15.08 km )
- Land
- 5.81 sq mi (15.04 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 627 ft (191 m)
- Density
- 1,173.6/sq mi (453.14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-13139
- Website
- www .chesterill .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chester
- Population
- 6814
- Area
- 15.087592
- Elevation
- 206
- Official website
- www.chesterill.com
- Image
- Chester building (Chester, Illinois) 01.jpg
- Households
- 2195
- Dialing code
- 618
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- Commons category
- Chester, Illinois
- postal code
- 62233
- inception
- 1829-01-01
- P8168
- Podora
- water as percent of area
- 0.2747
- per capita income
- 18069
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Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census. It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri.
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