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Welcome to Chaseville ...

Chaseville is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chaseville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Chaseville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Chaseville: 731

Communities Also Named Chaseville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Chaseville - they are located in Florida, Georgia (2), Massachusetts, New York and Ohio.

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

Websites for Chaseville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bentoncountynet.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Chaseville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Chaseville ...

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

  • Brevards Ferry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
  • Huntingdon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Camden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Parsons
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • New Johnsonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Crossroads is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
  • Bruceton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollow Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesterfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Darden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Darden is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chaseville ...

Looking for more information about Chaseville? 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 Chaseville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chaseville.

Adding Chaseville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chaseville 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 Chaseville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chaseville post office opened in 1847. The Chaseville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chaseville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chaseville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/