Information concerning the government of Chester Twp.
Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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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Maps
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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
- 1856 Baker Map Index Chester
- Index to Caldwell's Atlas (1873)/Chester Township
- Index to Caldwell's Atlas (1897)/Chester Township
Cemeteries
- Chester Center Cemetery [4]
- Western Reserve Memorial Gardens [5]
- B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery [6]
- Maple Hill Cemetery [7]
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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
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878.
- ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 57.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "WELCOME." Western Reserve Memorial Gardens | Welcome. Accessed February 05, 2019. http://bsgwesternreserve.com/. Western Reserve Memorial Gardens
- ↑ "Cemeteries." B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. February 25, 2014. Accessed February 05, 2019. https://www.bnaijeshurun.org/about-us-facilities-cemeteries.
- ↑ Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/41966/maple-hill-cemetery.