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    Chester, Illinois

    City in Illinois, United States

    Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States,[3] on a bluff above the Mississippi River.

    The population was 7,640 at the 2020 census.[4] It lies 61 miles (98 km) south of St. Louis, Missouri.

    History

    Founding

    Samuel Smith is said to be the town's founder because he built the first home in Chester, established a ferry system, and began the construction of a mill in 1829.

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    The town was named after Chester, England, the city from where his wife Jane Smith was from.[5] The first business in Chester was a general store that opened in 1830 along with a castor oil press established by R.

    B. Servant, who furnished farmers with seed and growing methods to later buy the beans they produced for oil extraction. This was a flourishing business until the petroleum industry made it obsolete. The first wedding in the town of Chester was held on February 4, 1834.