Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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Chester Township was established March 5, 1816 and it is claimed that it was known as Chestnut township before it was organized due to the large number of chestnut trees in the area.[1] It was named Chester because of the prevalence of Chestnut trees in the area.[2]

The originally surveyed townships 20 and 21 in range 14 are what make up Chester township.[3]

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Historical Documents

Place Names

Present Name Former Name(s) Plat Date
Cedar Valley
Chestnut Knolls
Lattasburg West Union platted 27 Feb 1851
New Pittsburg 6 May 1829
Overton Cedar Valley Station, Cedarville, Galleyport[4]
Robinson's Hill

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1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Chester Township 1856

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Chester

  • Cedar Valley

  • Lattasburg

  • New Pittsburg

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Chester Township

  • Cedar Valley

  • Lattasburg

  • New Pittsburg

  • Overton

Indices to Maps

Original Businesses and Owners

Post-office Workers

  • W.C. Baker 1867 [5]

Dry-goods Store Owners

  • Samuel Bridenstein [6]

Farmers

  • Matthias Camp [7]
  • Adam Rumbaugh [8]
  • Phillip Hefflefinger 1818 [9]
  • Robert Rathbun 1814 [10]

Saw-millers

  • James Robison 1813 [11]

Religious / Grantmaking / Civil / Profession and Similar Organizations

Baptist

  • Chesterland Baptist Church [12]

Catholic

  • St Anselm Church [13]

Church of Christ

  • Emanuel United Church of Christ [14]
  • Community Church of Chesterland [15]

Lutheran

  • St. Mark Lutheran Church [16]

Methodist

  • Mayfield United Methodist Church [17]

Non-Dimensional

  • Prince of Peace [18]

Photos

  • Emanuel United Church of Christ, Chester Township.jpg

[19]

Schools

Active Schools

  • Northwestern Local Schools [20]

Historical One Room Schools

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  • Northwestern Local Schools, Chester Township.jpg

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Residents

Early Settlers[22]

  • William and Hugh Adams
  • Joseph Aikens
  • Anthony Camp
  • John Campbell
  • the Cunninghams
  • Phineas Davis
  • Cornelius and Garret Dorland
  • Abraham Ecker
  • John Emery
  • Benjamin Emmons
  • James Fulton
  • Samuel Funk
  • Phillip Hefflefinger
  • John Helman
  • John Hern
  • the Hillis boys and their mother
  • Thomas Johnston
  • John A. Kelley
  • John Lowry
  • Jacob Miller
  • Michael Mowrey
  • John Moyers
  • John, Abram, and Isaac Myers
  • Thomas Osborne
  • Nathaniel Paxton
  • John Piper
  • Daniel and John Pittinger
  • Christian Rice
  • Judge James Robison
  • Adam Rumbaugh
  • Henry Sapp
  • John and David Smith
  • William Stanley
  • Phineas Summerton
  • Samuel Vanosdall
  • Isaac White
  • James and Benjamin Wintermarx
  • Jacob Worst

Census Records

Directories

  • 1859-1860
  • 1884-1885
  • 1894-1895

Photos Of Residences

Cemeteries

  • Chester Center Cemetery [23]
  • Western Reserve Memorial Gardens [24]
  • B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery [25]
  • Maple Hill Cemetery [26]

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Early Wayne County History
Chester Township
The great growth of chestnut trees in that region resulted in naming this township Chestnut, but upon its organization in 1816, the name was changed to Chester Township.

New Pittsburg was the first town laid out. Twenty-two years later in 1851 West Union was surveyed. The name of this village was later changed to Lattasburg.

—Harry B. Stapler, The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09

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References

  1. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878.
  2. ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
  3. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 57.
  4. ↑ Wooster Democrat newspaper advertisement, 1842-JUN-02 p.3
  5. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  6. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  7. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  8. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  9. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  10. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  11. ↑ Douglass, Robert, and Robert Douglass. History of Wayne County, Ohio,: From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time. By Ben Douglass, Wooster, Ohio.: In This Volume, Embracing Nearly Nine Hundred Pages, the Author Presents with Remarkable Power and Perspicacity the History of the Great North-west Territory .. Indianapolis: Published by Robert Douglass, 1879.
  12. ↑ "Chesterlandbaptist." Chesterlandbaptist. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.chesterlandbaptist.org/.
  13. ↑ "Saint Anselm." Saint Anselm. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://stanselm.org/.
  14. ↑ Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County, Ohio. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. pg. 50.
  15. ↑ "Community Church of Chesterland." Community Church of Chesterland. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.chesterlanducc.com/.
  16. ↑ "Our Mission and Vision." St Mark Lutheran Church. Accessed March 05, 2019. http://www.stmarkchester.com/.
  17. ↑ Mayfield Church in Chesterland, OH - Home. Accessed March 05, 2019. http://mayfieldchurch.org/cms/mumc/page.html?p_name=Home.
  18. ↑ "Prince of Peace Home." Prince of Peace Church | Northeastern Ohio. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.lovegodblesspeople.com/.
  19. ↑ "Emanuel United Church of Christ". www.eriecountyohiohistory.com. 2019. 
  20. ↑ "Northwestern Local Schools." Northwestern Local Schools. Accessed February 11, 2019. http://www.northwestern.k12.oh.us/.
  21. ↑ "Northwestern Local Schools". www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us. 2019. 
  22. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 836.
  23. ↑ "Chester Center Cemetery, Chesterland, Geauga, Ohio, United States | BillionGraves Cemetery and Images." Billion Graves Headstone, Grave, and Cemetery Records Site Index - 2018-03-27. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Chester-Center-Cemetery/139303.
  24. ↑ "WELCOME." Western Reserve Memorial Gardens | Welcome. Accessed February 05, 2019. http://bsgwesternreserve.com/. Western Reserve Memorial Gardens
  25. ↑ "Cemeteries." B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. February 25, 2014. Accessed February 05, 2019. https://www.bnaijeshurun.org/about-us-facilities-cemeteries.
  26. ↑ Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/41966/maple-hill-cemetery.

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