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Welcome to Chesterville ...

Chesterville is located in Douglas County<1>.

The pronunciation of Chesterville: CHES-tuhr-vil<2>

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

Chesterville is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Chesterville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Chesterville (for example, toward Dana (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Chesterville: 217 & 447<4>

Communities Also Named Chesterville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Chesterville - they are located in Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Chesterville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chesterville ...

Looking for more information about Chesterville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Chesterville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chesterville.

Adding Chesterville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chesterville 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 for Chesterville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Chesterville post office opened in 1873.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chesterville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chesterville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Chesterville. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chesterville - 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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Chesterville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Chesterville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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