Chambersburg Township, North Carolina

Chambersburg Township is a township in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. The 2010 United States census reported a total population of 11,344.

Geography

Chambersburg Township covers an area of 48.4 square miles, and of this, 0.3 square miles, or 0.62 percent, is water.
Chambersburg Township lies within the Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin. Bodies of water within Chambersburg Township include the following. This is not a complete list.

South Yadkin River
Duck Creek
Fourth Creek
Greasy Creek
I-L Creek
Little Creek
Third Creek

City

Statesville

Unincorporated communities

Amity Hill

Historical sites of interest

Beavers Country Store,
Bethesda Methodist Church, organized as AME Zion in early 1900s
Bethesda Presbyterian Church,
Cool Springs Volunteer Fire Department, organized in 1960,
Congers Post Office
Elpikora Two Room School, destroyed by fire in May 1916
Elmwood
Elmwood Post Office,
Elmwood First Baptist Church
Elmwood Presbyterian Church, organized in 1887
Elmwood School
Enola Post Office
First demonstration, J.F. Eagles became the first North Carolina farmer to undertake a demonstration under the supervision of a county agent,
Farmville Plantation, formerly known as the Chambers Plantation
Lingle School
New Salem Methodist Church, organized in 1870
New Union Methodist Church, established in 1836
Plyers Church, became Shiloh Church, early 1800s
Plyers School
Vance School and Post Office,

The Enola Post Office was established west of Statesville at the intersection of the Western Road and Georgia Road when the Western North Carolina Railroad was completed in 1858. The first postmaster was Robert Wallace Leslie. The Enola Post Office was used in enumeration of residents in the 1860 and 1870 U.S. Federal Census. The postal route covered residents north of the rail line to the South Yadkin River and south of the rail line in School District 51. While the name "Enola" is reported to have come from a popular novel of the day, it most likely predates this book. "Enola" is "Alone" spelled backwards. Although the Enola Post Office was discontinued in 1872, Thomas J. Conger established a post office there in 1889, called Conger's. Conger's was discontinued in 1880. The main post office and rail station east of Statesville was later known as Elmwood.
The community of Vance was located in Chambersburg Springs Township from 1882 to 1901 with William W. Turner as first post master.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries exist within the boundaries of Chambersburg Township at the following locations. This is not to be considered a complete list.

Abilene Church –
Amity Evangelical Lutheran Church –
Antioch Baptist Church –
Belmont Cemetery –
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery –
Faith Baptist Church –
Gays Chapel –
New Salem United Methodist Church –
Oakdale Baptist Church –
Shady Grove Baptist Church –
Shiloh United Methodist Church –

Transportation

Major highways

Recreation

Chambersburg Township has several public and private places for recreation.

Public

Statesville Greenway
Statesville Park and Soccer Complex

Adjacent townships

The United States Census Bureau shows the following townships adjacent to Chambersburg.