Chester, Illinois — Chester is the county seat of Randolph County in southern Illinois. Located on a bluff above the Mississippi River, this city sits roughly sixty-one miles south of St. Louis, Missouri. Established in the late 1820s, Chester has served as a regional hub for commerce and transportation along the river corridor for over a century.This page organizes FFL dealer listings associated with Chester, Illinois within the directory’s location hierarchy. Visitors can keep browsing focused on the named place, move through its surrounding geography, and open individual listings for record-specific information. The page remains centered on the location itself while the catalogue can change independently. Use the hierarchy to return to broader place pages or continue toward a more specific community. Each step keeps the browsing path anchored to a named place and its surrounding geographic context.