Chesapeake, Missouri

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|subdivision_name2 = Lawrence

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Chesapeake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 174, approximately 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Lawrence | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 October 2016}} The community's name commemorates the Capture of USS Chesapeake.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lawrence.html |title=Lawrence County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=25 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071704/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lawrence.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}