Chester Illinois. Home to Popeye The Sailer Man. There is a six-foot, 900 lb. bronze statue of popeye, that stands in the Elzie C. Memorial Park, which also honors Popeye's creator, Elzie Segar.
The population of Chester Illinois is 8,400 at the 2000 c
ensus. It is county seat of Randolph county and is located 63 miles south of st. Louis, Missouri. Chester is a city located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley in Randolph County, Illinois. The Longetude is 89.822, and the latitube is 37.914.Chester's big event is it's annual Popeye picnic and parade held the weekend after Labor Day. Popeye fans travel from all over the U.S. to parade in the weekend activities.
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