Chesapeake
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village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Lawrence
- Township
- Union
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- Drew Griffin
- Total
- 0.56 sq mi (1.45 km )
- Land
- 0.47 sq mi (1.23 km )
- Water
- 0.085 sq mi (0.22 km )
- Elevation
- 558 ft (170 m)
- Density
- 1,615/sq mi (623.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 39-13904
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Encyclopedic overview
Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 765 as of the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek.
The Robert C. Byrd Bridge across the Ohio River connects Chesapeake to Huntington's downtown area. At one time, this was the only bridge connection across the Ohio River linking Ohio to Huntington. In recent years, bridges across the Ohio River connecting Ohio to Huntington's East and West sides have been built.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chesapeake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.