Chesterfield County

Chesterfield County location. On May 25th, 1749, the Virginia General Assembly passed the act that separated Chesterfield from Henrico County and created the new county. The county is named for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield was famous for his “good manners and writings.”

According to Wikipedia, the stateÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s first railroad, the Chesterfield Railroad, transported coal from mines near Falling Creek in what is now the Midlothian area to the docks at the fall line at the head of navigation of the James River near Manchester (directly across from Richmond) in 1831. Chesterfield Cigarettes were named for this county and its tobacco industry.

Manchester was the county seat until 1874 when Chesterfield was named the current county seat. Chesterfield and the county is located in and near the Richmond metro area. Fentress and South Norfolk are two other major towns in this county. There are approximately fourteen other unincorporated towns and communities in Chesterfield County, including Midlothian, which is practically a western suburb to Richmond, Bermuda Hundred, Matoaca, and Bon Air.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,132 kmÃ‚Â² (437 miÃ‚Â²). 1,103 kmÃ‚Â² (426 miÃ‚Â²) of it is land and 29 kmÃ‚Â² (11 miÃ‚Â²) of it (2.57%) is water.

Chesterfield County Circuit Court
9500 Courthouse Road
Chesterfield, VA 23832

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 125
Chesterfield, VA 23832-0125

Phone: (804) 748-1241
FAX: (804) 796-5625
Email: “circuitcourtclerk at chesterfield.gov”

Family History Center
Richmond Virginia Chesterfield
4601 N Bailey Bridge Rd
Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Phone: 804-763-4318
Hours: T,W,Th 10am-2pm, 7pm-9pm; Sat 9:30am-12pm

General

Chesterfield County Circuit Court Website
Census Bureau Profile
Chesterfield County Wikipedia
E-Podunk
NACo

Genealogical

Chesterfield County RootsWeb
Chesterfield County GenWeb Archives
Chesterfield County VaGenWeb Project
Chesterfield County Vital Records

Historical

Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
Chesterfield County National Register of Historic Places
American Memory - Built in America - Chesterfield County images from the Library of Congress
Chesterfield County Storms (1950-2006)

Free Online Research Sources

1790-1800 Chesterfield County Tax Lists
Chesterfield County Census Online
Chesterfield County Confederate Units
WW II Casualties Army and Air Force

Cemeteries

USGS GNIS Chesterfield County Cemeteries
Chesterfield County Political Graveyard
Chesterfield County Find a Grave

Newspapers

Hopewell News - includes obituaries
The Progress-Index (Petersburg) - includes obituaries
Ricmond Times-Dispatch - includes obituaries