Chesterfield Virginia
Chesterfield Historical Courthouse Exit ramp onto 288 from Ironbridge in Chesterfield The Chesterfield Historical Society Building Office Building Ironbridge Road and 288

This site dedicated to the natural beauty of the Chesterfield area, with additional information and statistics.

Chesterfield County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the 10th state of the United States (Virginia entered the Union on June 26, 1788).1 The county of Chesterfield was founded in 1749 on May 25 and named after Lord Chesterfield (aka Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, lived 1694-1773) who was a British statesman. 2 The population of Chesterfield in the year 2017 is est. 343,599, up from the year 2009 which had an est. of 306,670 (up from the 2006 estimate of 296,718 by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 14% from the official census count in 2000). 3

Chesterfield is in the metropolitan area of Richmond, the capitol of Virginia. Chesterfield's land mass is 425 square miles, with an average of 610 persons per mile. The U.S. Census lists the median household income for Chesterfield as $63,931 for 2006. Retail sales in 2006 are estimated at $2.8 million, and manufacturing in Chesterfield shipped approximately $3.1 million in goods in 2006. 4

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Chesterfield Population

Last Update: November 30, 2023


Sunset Chesterfield Cosby Lake

Sunset at Cosby lake in Chesterfield, Virginia


Frozen Kitty

Temps dripping, November 29, 2023 (Fang the cat in ice)


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ADC Map Book - Metro Richmond, Virginia: Includes : Lakeside, Tuckahoe, Innsbrook, West Creek, Chesterfield, Virginia Center, Business Parks, Richmond Intl. Airport Map, Downtown Detail, and (Street Map Books)


AMAZON: Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607–2007


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Chesterfield County Virginia Map


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Snow in Chesterfield

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