Chesterhill, OH

Chesterhill is a village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 276 residents. Chesterhill was laid out in 1834, and named after Chester County, Pennsylvania, the native home of a large share of the first settlers. Chesterhill played a role in the Underground Railroad; escaped slaves were sheltered in Henman Cave and by Quaker families, led by individuals such as Elias Bundy, Jesse Hiatt, and Nathan Morris. Chesterhill has a public library, a branch of the Kate Love Simpson Morgan County Library. A newcomer can read Chesterhill through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Chesterhill comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.