The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chesterville was laid out in 1829, and named after Chester Township. A post office was established at Chesterville in 1832.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chesterville’s history is told.
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Chesterville, decade by decade
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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
9 historic places in Chesterville
9 places in Chesterville are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Ohioby listings · most towns there have none
9places listed9 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
9historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedA. B. Sears House · newest: Wood Commercial Building, 1979
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Chesterville’s busiest decade was the 1970s.
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Listed 1979A. B. Sears House
Listed 1979Chester Town Hall
Listed 1979Chesterville Methodist Church
Listed 1979Enos Miles House
Listed 1979Jarvis House
Listed 1979Old Bartlett and Goble Store
Listed 1979Old Union School
Listed 1979U.S. Post Office
Listed 1979Wood Commercial BuildingNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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.