Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
9 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1850.
Chesterville dates its founding to 1829 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1850.
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 Chesterville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Chesterville.
Chesterville was laid out in 1829, and named after Chester Township. A post office was established at Chesterville in 1832.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peaked at 1,563 in 1860; 191 people lived here in 2020.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chesterville’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2016A "buggy warning" site is a familiar sight in Morrow …
2015Map of Morrow County Ohio Highlighting Chesterville V…Map
2010Wood Commercial Building
2010Post office in
2010Old Union School
2010Old Bartlett and Goble Store
2010Fire station in
2010Enos Miles House
2010Chesterville village hall
2010Chester Town Hall
2010A.B. Sears House
2004OHMap-doton-ChestervilleEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chesterville. 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 Chesterville.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Chesterville’s post office has been open since 1832. Another post office, Miles Cross Roads, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1829, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Chesterville’s post office opened in 1826, and the census of 1850 counted 407 people here.
9 listings: 9 buildings, among them the A. B. Sears House (listed 1979, the first).
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 (11), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (9), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
