Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1900.
The Chatfield post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chatfield’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chatfield yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Chatfield is a village in Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The population was 205 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1834. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 189 to 205 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chatfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chatfield.
Passages that mention Chatfield, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first town laid out in Chatfield township was by John Henry who came to the township in 1824 as a hunter. From the profits of his markmanship he bought land in section 19 a mile south of the present village of Chatfield, but he was not cut out for a farmer.
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In 1830 Chatfield township had a population of ninety people, and this was increased by the census of 1840 to six hundred and eighty. After ,1830 the settlement of the township was rapid, the completion of the Columbus and Sandusky Pike making land along that road desirable. On March 8, 1834, a postoffice was established in the township,
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The first school in Chatfield Township was taught by Elizabeth Thompson in 1834. Thus, we see, schools were formed in every settlement as soon as the population would justify.
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The first school in Chatfield Township was taught by Elizabeth Thompson in 1834. Thus, we see, schools were formed in every settlement as soon as the population would justify.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Between 189 and 298 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chatfield’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Chatfield itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Chatfield post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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