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Welcome to Chesley ...

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

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

Chesley would have been located within present day Nez Perce County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chesley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Chesley is 3,390 feet [1,033 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Chesley is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Chesley was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Chesley was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Chesley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Chesley - they are located in Kentucky and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chesley.

Communities near Chesley ...

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

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 Chesley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chesley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chesley. 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 Chesley.

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

Adding Chesley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chesley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Chesley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chesley post office opened in 1899. The Chesley post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chesley.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chesley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Nez Perce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chesley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Chesley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Chesley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/