A little history of Cheswold, DE
It began as a result of instalation of Leipsic train station and grew from there.
"in 1888 a contest was initiated to rename the town. The winning selection for town’s new name was Chesswold-composed of “chess” which came from a large group of Chestnut trees near the train depot and “wold” which means forest or trees. The town’s name was later shortened by one “s”."