History · Chesterfield
Chesterfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Chesterfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
3old images & papers
1need a date
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was formed in 1802 from part of the town of Willsboro. The early settlers were from the New England area.
Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions -…Commons
1898Port Kent from Lake, Lake Champlain, N.YCommons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chesterfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Chesterfield
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By decade
Chesterfield, decade by decade
1900s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
the same place, years apart
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1898 · Commons2010 · Commons
Port Kent from Lake, Lake Champlain, N.Y, 112 years apartDrag to compare · matched automatically from the two captions
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.