The Chitwood surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,461 people carried this name — #5,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,324 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Chitwood surname

Variant of Chetwode.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chitwood» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Chitwood in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from East Mississippi Times carrying the name Chitwood
East Mississippi Times 1910-12-31
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Chitwood
The Daily Missoulian 1910-12-27
Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Chitwood
St. Tammany Farmer 1910-12-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Chitwood in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1930s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chitwood. The most, 31, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 32
New South Wales 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chitwood.

Who carried it

People named Chitwood,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard M. Chitwood
    Richard M. Chitwood 1878–1926 · politician
  • Mabelle Chitwood 1892– · writer
  • William Hankins Chitwood 1893–1965 · writer
  • Benjamin Goodwin Chitwood 1907–1972 · nematologist
  • Joie Chitwood 1912–1988 · stunt performer
  • Ava Chitwood 1953–2012 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chitwood,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States348 records

348 records of the Chitwood name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 248
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert L. Chitwood

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; farm hand from Reynolds County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Ellington Memorial Gardens, Van Buren, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roy Duke Chitwood

    Born 1937; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Houston Chitwood

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1969; buried at New Light Cemetery, Winfield, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 348 records for Chitwood in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Chitwood name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roy Franklin Chitwood

    Buried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 56.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Evelyn P.g Chitwood

    Died 1923; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Julian Irvin Chitwood

    Buried in 1979 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 60.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Chitwood in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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