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History · Chesterfield

Chesterfield’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Chesterfield was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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How Chesterfield began

When was Chesterfield founded?

1889

The Chesterfield post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 543137 years
Founding year: the first Chesterfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Chesterfield’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Chesterfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chesterfield’s history is told.

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The story so far

Chesterfield, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chesterfield yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Chesterfield is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 469 as of the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 469 to 543 (+16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Chesterfield, 1889 to 1975

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Chesterfield post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Born hereHarry Gill is born here
  5. 1975Post officeThe Chesterfield post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Chesterfield had its own post office from 1889 to 1975.

Chesterfield
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18801950today
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Chesterfield Post Officepost officeChesterfield Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Chesterfield
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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Questions about Chesterfield’s history

What year was Chesterfield founded?

The Chesterfield post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.