| Chesterfield County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. As of the 2006 population estimate, the county's population has rose to 306,000, an increase from 2000 with the county adding over 35,000 new residents. It is now the fourth largest municipality in Virginia. Much of the northern portion of Chesterfield County accounts for what is referred to as Metropolitan Richmond's South Side with its southern and eastern areas considered part of the Tri-Cities area. In May of 2004, Chesterfield was named the "17th Best Place to Live in America" by the American City Business Journals. Chesterfield County's unincorporate towns and communities include Bellwood, Bensley, Bermuda Hundred, Bon Air, Centralia, Chester, Chesterfield Court House, Enon, Ettrick, Matoaca, Meadowbrook, Midlothian, Mosley, and Winterpock
REAL ESTATE
Chesterfield County real estate trends reports are showing that inventory is at an all time high and prices are falling 1-2 percent each month in most areas. Click here to view Chesterfield VA real estate listings!
EDUCATION
Chesterfield County Public Schools is the local school system, is noted for its high standard of education and has received the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award. It has 59 Chesterfield public schools including 36 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 10 high schools, and one charter school, the Chesterfield Community High and the Chesterfield Technical Center, which serves all high schools. Chesterfield is also known for creating a specialty center program that allows students to attend a high school outside of his or her district to focus upon an area of interest or in which the student excels including Spanish Immersion, Tehnology, Pre-Engineering Speciality Center, to name a few.
RECREATION
Chesterfield County is largely bordered by two rivers which define miles of its boundaries and also borders on the Appomattox River to its south. This location gives its residents a large selection of outdoor adventures including whitewater rafting and kayaking, as well as river tubing in the summer, and snow skiing and skating in the winter. It has over thirty parks including Pocahontas State Park, a 7,691-acre park that hosts the annual Pocahontas Festival and considered to be one of the nation's best parks. There is also the county-ownd Dutch Gap Conservation area, 810-acres of green space located on the James River. And if you want something to do, that's a bit more relaxing, there is an abundance of historical landmarks in the area.
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