The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chatmoss takes its name from a 2,700-acre (11 km2) Hairston family plantation on the site, which was later incorporated into a larger country club building on the site. That name probably derives from "Chat Moss", a large area of peat bog near Manchester, UK. In turn, that bog may be named after St Chad, or even from the Celtic word ced, meaning wood. Alternatively it may be an Old English personal name and mos, meaning "swamp." Low-lying areas around Chatmoss were boggy wetlands prone to flooding from Leatherwood Creek before mitigation by several dams.
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2000
Nothing in Chatmoss is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chatmoss has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dry Bridge School in Martinsville, 3.2 miles away.
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When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.