Chesham is a village within the town

New England town

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 of Harrisville

Harrisville, New Hampshire

Harrisville is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. Besides the town center, it also includes the village of Chesham. The population of the town was 961 at the 2010 census....

 in Cheshire County

Cheshire County, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 73,825 people, 28,299 households, and 18,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 104 people per square mile . There were 31,876 housing units at an average density of 45 per square mile...

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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, United States

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. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chesham has an elementary school called Wells Memorial School. It has about 55 pupils up to grade 6.

The Community Church of Harrisville and Chesham was formed from Chesham Baptist Church and Harrisville Congregational Church. Chesham Baptist Church dates back to 1785. The church building was originally built in 1797, re-modeled in 1830, and again re-modeled in 1844.