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Welcome to Chesterfield ...

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

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

Chesterfield would have been located within present day Caribou County<2>.

Chesterfield was established in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Chesterfield is 5,440 feet [1,658 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Chesterfield is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Chesterfield was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Communities Also Named Chesterfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Chesterfield: This one is located in Caribou County and the other is located in Bingham County.

Beyond Idaho, there are 28 communities that are also named Chesterfield - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Utah and Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Chesterfield ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Chesterfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chesterfield post office opened in 1885. The Chesterfield post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chesterfield.

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 Chesterfield, 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 Caribou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chesterfield - 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 Chesterfield area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Chesterfield 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/