Do you know of Chesterfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chesterfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Chesterfield.<1>

We found mention of Chesterfield as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Essex County, New York.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1805 and closed in 1823.

Communities Also Named Chesterfield ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Chesterfield.

Within New York, the name Chesterfield is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chesterfield [Cherokee County].
- Connecticut
  - New London County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Chesterfield [New London County].
- Idaho
  - Bingham County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Chesterfield [Bingham County].
  - Caribou County
  - 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.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Chesterfield [Cook County].
  - Macoupin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Chesterfield [Macoupin County].
- Indiana
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Chesterfield [Madison County].
- Iowa
  - Polk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> 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.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chesterfield [Lyon County].
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chesterfield [Anne Arundel County].
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chesterfield [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
  - Hampshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Chesterfield [Hampshire County].
- Michigan
  - Macomb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chesterfield [Macomb County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chesterfield [Saint Louis County].
- New Hampshire
  - Cheshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Chesterfield [Cheshire County].
- New Jersey
  - Burlington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Chesterfield [Burlington County].
- North Carolina
  - Burke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Chesterfield [Burke County].
- Ohio
  - Fulton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chesterfield [Fulton County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chesterfield.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chesterfield [Clearfield County].
- South Carolina
  - Beaufort County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chesterfield [Beaufort County].
  - Charleston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chesterfield [Charleston County].
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chesterfield [Chesterfield County].
- Tennessee
  - Henderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Chesterfield [Henderson County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Chesterfield [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chesterfield [Chesterfield County].
  - Norfolk City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chesterfield [Norfolk City].
  - Roanoke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chesterfield [Roanoke County].
  - Stafford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chesterfield [Stafford County].

Communities Beyond North America ...
- England
  - We haven't found the location of this Chesterfield
- New Zealand
  - We haven't found the location of this Chesterfield

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chesterfield ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chesterfield:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

More Orphans in Essex County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Essex County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>	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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/