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Chesterfield

Ghost town · Caribou County, Idaho

Portneuf quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)
Portneuf quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chesterfield is a ghost town in Caribou County, Idaho. It is one of 3 former communities in Caribou County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 36 Idaho counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Chesterfield was established in 1980, in the postwar decades.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chesterfield as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.8669° N, 111.9020° W.

Key facts

Founded1980
Elevation5,447 ft
Nearest living townBancroft, ID
Distance to it10.2 miles
Coordinates42.86690, -111.90200

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What's there now

Chesterfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bancroft, ID (population 313), about 10.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,447 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Former meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chesterfield, Idaho
Former meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chesterfield, Idaho · Val Roberts and Chesterfield Foundation, Inc / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Chesterfield?

Chesterfield is in Caribou County, Idaho, at 42.8669, -111.9020.

How many ghost towns are in Caribou County?

Caribou County, Idaho has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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