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we pass this GPS location for Chesterfield:
42.391754, -72.839817
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We found 30 communities that share the name Chesterfield.
Within Massachusetts, the name Chesterfield is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Chesterfield, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cherokee County
This Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Chesterfield.
Connecticut
New London County
This Chesterfield is located in New London County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Chesterfield.
Idaho
Bingham County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Chesterfield [Bingham County].
Caribou County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Chesterfield [Caribou County].
Illinois
Cook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Chesterfield [Cook County].
Macoupin County
This Chesterfield is located in Macoupin County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Chesterfield.
Indiana
Madison County
This Chesterfield is located in Madison County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chesterfield.
Iowa
Polk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Chesterfield [Polk County].
Kansas
Lyon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chesterfield [Lyon County].
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Chesterfield is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Chesterfield.
Baltimore County
This Chesterfield is located in Baltimore County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Chesterfield.
Michigan
Macomb County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chesterfield [Macomb County].
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Chesterfield is located in Saint Louis County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Chesterfield.
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
This Chesterfield is located in Cheshire County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Chesterfield.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Chesterfield is located in Burlington County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Chesterfield.
North Carolina
Burke County
This Chesterfield is located in Burke County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Chesterfield.
Ohio
Fulton County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Fulton County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Chesterfield.
Ontario
This Chesterfield lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Chesterfield is located in Clearfield County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Chesterfield.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Chesterfield is located in Beaufort County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Chesterfield.
Charleston County
This Chesterfield is located in Charleston County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the south southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Chesterfield.
Chesterfield County
This Chesterfield is located in Chesterfield County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Chesterfield.
Tennessee
Henderson County
This Chesterfield is located in Henderson County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Chesterfield.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Chesterfield is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,005 miles [3,226.7 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Chesterfield.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Chesterfield is located in Chesterfield County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Chesterfield.
Norfolk City
This Chesterfield is located in Norfolk City and lies 423 miles [680.8 km] to the south southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Chesterfield.
Roanoke County
This Chesterfield is located in Roanoke County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km] to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Chesterfield.
Stafford County
This Chesterfield is located in Stafford County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the southwest of the Chesterfield that is located in Hampshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Chesterfield.
Communities Beyond North America ...
England
Distance: 3,250 miles [5,230.4 km]<1> to the northeast
New Zealand
Distance: 9,256 miles [14,896.1 km]<1> to the west southwest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chesterfield ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Brush Hollow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chesterfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chesterfield and extending to:
Northampton, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chesterfield to Northampton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,164 miles [6,701.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chesterfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chesterfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3918, Longitude: -72.8398 In this case, the coordinates for Chesterfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Chesterfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Chesterfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.043 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.777 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.36 degrees.