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Welcome to Chesterville ...

Chesterville is located

Chesterville is primarily located in Colorado County<1>. A portion of Chesterville extends into Wharton County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chesterville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Chesterville is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Chesterville: 979

Communities Also Named Chesterville ...

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

  • Fulshear
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sealy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Brookshire
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookshire have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookshire
    • Brookshire is located in Waller County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookshire <3>
  • Weston Lakes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
    • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
  • Eagle Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • East Bernard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wallis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Simonton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • San Felipe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Beasley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beasley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
    • Beasley is located in Fort Bend County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beasley <3>

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 on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Chesterville in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Chesterville post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chesterville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Colorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chesterville - 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>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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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