Welcome to Camp Chase ...

So far, we found very little information about Camp Chase. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Camp Chase to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Camp Chase, please Contact Us.

Camp Chase would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

Since we don't have the location of Camp Chase, we have used what we believe to be its closest cemetery as an estimate.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Camp Chase, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for Camp Chase: Cp. Chase

Time Zone: The area where Camp Chase was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Camp Chase once stood is in the (614) area code.

Communities near Camp Chase ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Camp Chase.

• Columbus
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Columbus is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 903,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
• Dublin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Dublin is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
• Grove City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
  • Grove City is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <3>
• Westerville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
  • Westerville is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <3>
• Reynoldsburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
  • Reynoldsburg is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,374 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynoldsburg <3>
• Hilliard
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
  • Hilliard is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,797 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilliard <3>
• Gahanna
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
  • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <3>
• Upper Arlington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Arlington
  • Upper Arlington is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Arlington <3>
• Pickerington
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerington
  • Pickerington is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickerington <3>
• Whitehall
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Camp Chase. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Camp Chase.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Camp Chase. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Chase.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Chase. See our Newspapers Page for Camp Chase.

Adding Camp Chase to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Camp Chase in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Camp Chase was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Camp Chase post office opened in 1873.

We also found Camp Chase in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Camp Chase.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/