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Chesterfield County

county in Virginia, United States
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Chesterfield County

Summary

Chesterfield County is a county of Virginia[1]. It draws 386 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_virginia category, ranking #10 of 99).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chesterfield County was a member of GovAI Coalition[3].
  • Chesterfield County is located in Virginia[4].
  • Chesterfield County is in the country of United States[5].
  • Chesterfield County's instance of is recorded as county of Virginia[6].
  • Chesterfield County's capital is recorded as Chesterfield Court House[7].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Powhatan County[8].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Dinwiddie County[9].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Henrico County[10].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Charles City County[11].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Hopewell[12].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Amelia County[13].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Goochland County[14].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Prince George County[15].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Richmond[16].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Colonial Heights[17].
  • Chesterfield County's shares border with is recorded as Petersburg[18].
  • Chesterfield County's basic form of government is recorded as Q140930154[19].
  • Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield is named after Chesterfield County[20].
  • Chesterfield County's legislative body is recorded as Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors[21].
  • Chesterfield County's Commons category is recorded as Chesterfield County, Virginia[22].
  • May 25, 1749 marks the founding of Chesterfield County[23].
  • Chesterfield County's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.38, 'longitude': -77.59}[24].
  • Chesterfield County's official website is recorded as http://www.chesterfield.gov[25].
  • Chesterfield County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chesterfield County, Virginia[26].
  • Chesterfield County has a population of {'amount': '+316236'}[27].

Body

Geography

Chesterfield County is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in Virginia[4].

Physical Characteristics

Chesterfield County covers an area of {'amount': '+1132'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+316236'}[27], {'amount': '+317103'}[29], {'amount': '+320346'}[30], {'amount': '+323862'}[31], {'amount': '+327745'}[32], and {'amount': '+335687'}[33].

Designation and Status

Chesterfield County's instance of is recorded as county of Virginia[6].

History and Context

May 25, 1749 marks the founding of Chesterfield County[23]. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield is named after it[20].

Why It Matters

Chesterfield County draws 386 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_virginia category, ranking #10 of 99).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield United States Virginia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Chesterfield County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/Chesterfield County, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 9w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → Q140930154
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45905|batch #45905]]: county forms"
  3. 10w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P194]]: [[Q60746997]]"
  4. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3814769
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    Taxonomicon id → 1808154
    Obo gazetteer id → 00152738
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  5. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Virginia
    Official website → http://www.chesterfield.gov
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Chesterfield County, Virginia
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+12390'}, {'amount': '+12320'}, {'amount': '+28000'} +2
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1748]]: C110528, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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