Chesapeake, Missouri

Chesapeake is a township in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located on Route 174 about five miles east of Mount Vernon.

Chesapeake currently houses a fish hatchery, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation.

A post office called Chesapeake was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1914.^[2] The community's name commemorates the Capture of USS Chesapeake.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chesapeake, Missouri
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
↑ "Lawrence County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

Cities	Aurora Marionville Miller Monett‡ Mount Vernon Pierce City‡ Stotts City Verona

Villages	Freistatt Halltown Hoberg

Townships	Aurora Buck Prairie Freistatt Green Hoberg Lincoln Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Ozark Pierce Red Oak Spring River Turnback Vineyard

CDP	Chesapeake

Other unincorporated communities	Albatross Bowers Mill‡ Clarkson Elliott Grays Point Heatonville Lawrenceburg Logan McKinley Minden Olinger Opal Orange Paris Springs Junction Phelps Plew Red Oak Rescue Round Grove Spencer Stinson

Ghost town	Gaither

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°07′01″N 93°40′54″W / 37.11694°N 93.68167°W / 37.11694; -93.68167

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