Chester County is a county of about 30,000 residents located in South Carolina’s Piedmont region. The county is known for the rivers that constitute its borders: the Catawba River and the Broad River. Chester serves as the county seat.
The county was founded in 1785 within the Camden District and named in honor of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The battle of Fishing Creek took place in Chester County during the Revolutionary War. After the Civil War, Chester became important to the economy of the region due to the construction of the Columbia-Chester railroad line. Both agriculture and the textile industry grew in the county during this time.
A History of Chester, South Carolina. Accessed June o6, 2016.
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The British officer Captain Christian Huck upset many with his cruel and agressive mishandling of local residents in the backcountry. Captain Huck and the British Legion were on their way towards...
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General Thomas Sumter was an American Revolutionary War militia leader and later a U.S. Congressman. After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, General Sumter gathered militia troops in South Carolina...
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This institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedmen; it became Brainerd Institute in 1868 and operated until 1941. From its founding until the turn of the century Brainerd was the only school...
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The Olde English District is comprised of the seven counties of Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Union and York. This county was named for the English settlement that was founded...
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The Chester County Historical Society Museum is housed in the old 1914 jail in downtown Chester. The museum has many unique items ranging from one of a kind paintings to the largest Indian arrowhead...
