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History · Chatham

Chatham’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Chatham. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,213 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,265 to 2,213 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1981.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chatham yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chatham’s history is told.

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Chatham, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Chatham is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chatham has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot in Lodi, 4.7 miles away.

Chatham and the nearest listed places

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Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad DepotBlack River Viaduct, Baltimore And Ohio RailroadGeorge Burr HouseUniversalist Church Of Westfield CenterYork United Methodist ChurchZimri Cook House

Closest to Chatham

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad DepotLodi · Building4.7miBlack River Viaduct, Baltimore And Ohio RailroadHarrisville · Structure5miGeorge Burr HouseHarrisville · Building5.3miUniversalist Church Of Westfield CenterWestfield Center · Building6.9miYork United Methodist ChurchYork · Building7.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Chatham?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chatham’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Spencer📜 Lodi📜 Litchfield📜 Lafayette
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