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History · Chesterfield

Chesterfield’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Chesterfield. 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

Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 938 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,012 to 938 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1941.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Chesterfield

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Barney OldfieldBarney OldfieldWauseon · 9 miJames MasseyJames MasseyWauseon · 9 miHPHal PriceWauseon · 9 miJohn NeffJohn NeffWauseon · 9 miRichard MourdockRichard MourdockWauseon · 9 miCharles HaubielCharles HaubielDelta · 10 mi
By decade

Chesterfield, 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 Chesterfield is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chesterfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Van Wagoner, Murray D., Memorial Bridge in Morenci, 3.4 miles away.

Chesterfield and the nearest listed places

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Van Wagoner, Murray D., Memorial BridgeGeorge B. and Amanda Bradish Horton FarmsteadGeorge S. Clement HouseLake Shore and Michigan Southern (LS&MS) Railroad Depot-WauseonFulton County CourthouseJones-Read-Touvelle House

Closest to Chesterfield

Van Wagoner, Murray D., Memorial BridgeMorenci · Structure3.4miGeorge B. and Amanda Bradish Horton FarmsteadFairfield · Queen Anne8.7miGeorge S. Clement HouseWauseon · Building9.1miLake Shore and Michigan Southern (LS&MS) Railroad Depot-WauseonWauseon · Building9.2miFulton County CourthouseWauseon · Tuscan9.4mi

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. Van Wagoner, Murray D., Memorial Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Chesterfield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chesterfield’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
📜 Morenci📜 Dover📜 Lyons📜 Seneca
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