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Chesapeake, Indiana

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Ghost town in Indiana, United States
Chesapeake, Indiana
Ghost town
Chesapeake is located in Warren County, IndianaChesapeakeChesapeakeLocation in Warren County
Coordinates: 40°14′40.52″N 87°26′35.66″W / 40.2445889°N 87.4432389°W / 40.2445889; -87.4432389
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyWarren
TownshipSteuben
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code47993
Area code765

Chesapeake was the first town in Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, which was formed in 1834. It was located about two miles east of present-day town of Marshfield and was the site of the first meetings of the township trustees in the 1830s. County Agent Luther Tillotson lived south of the town and may have had some involvement in its creation. Chesapeake consisted of at least several houses, a country store operated by William Newell and Thomas Washburn, and a blacksmith shop. There was also a school house there named for the town for many years, but this also is gone.

Little else is known of Chesapeake and there is no record of a town platting. An 1883 history of the county notes that "comparatively nothing can be learned regarding this little town... The village began early and then died early, as good-looking babies are said to do."

Geography

Chesapeake was located near Chesapeake Creek which begins in open farmland north of the site and flows east into Redwood Creek.

References

Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Williamsport
Towns
Map of Indiana highlighting Warren County
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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