Our Mission: To collect, preserve, interpret and promote the county’s past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Our Mission: To collect, preserve, interpret and promote the county’s past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Chartered on September 23, 1981 to meet the growing demand for genealogical and historical research, the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) traces its origins to a Museum Society organized in 1961. The Museum Society was responsible for the first Chesterfield County Museum which opened in 1980.
We are a charitable member organization supported by dedicated volunteers and governed by-laws and an all-volunteer Board of Directors. CHSV is incorporated as a 501 (c) 3 organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Historical Highway Marker of the Month
Historical Highway Marker of the Month
Group Camp 7, built for the use of African Americans, opened 1.25 miles south of here in 1939. The site was part of Swift Creek Recreational Demonstration Area, a project of the National Park Service that later became Pocahontas State Park. The campground, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and situated at a distance from the whites-only camping areas, featured cabins, a dining hall, and a lake with a beach. The Girl Scouts, Young Women’s Christian Association, Women’s Missionary Union of Virginia, and other groups operated residential camps here, providing educational and recreational opportunities to young black people from across the state. The buildings are no longer extant.. Search for Marker O-82 on the Virginia DHR Historic Markers Database.
