Chester’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Chester. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusChester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,043 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,066 people in 2010, 3,043 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chester 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.
Start Chester’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chester’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDavid Sloane Stanley head: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Chester, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as David Sloane Stanley head and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.