1858 (Approximately) – Lewis Chapel, a small Methodist Episcopal Church was built at Chuckery. Named for its pastor,
Reverend F. F. Lewis, it was a part of the Milford Circuit, which included Milford Center, Unionville Center, and Irwin’s Station.
Early members included Elihu and Miriam Bigelow, Mrs. Hiram Kent, James Mc Cloud, and Joel Fairbanks.
August 23, 1891 – St. John Lutheran Church in the German Settlement near Marysville voted to build a branch school in “the Plains.”
May 29, 1892 – The Lutheran school was built and dedicated.
September 15, 1893 – St. Paul Lutheran Church was formed when the congregation submitted an application withdrawing
membership from the St. John congregation in “the Settlement.” 26 families, consisting of 117 people chartered the new church.
Charter members included H. C. Knust, John Loschky, John George Born, George Bishop, George Adam Rausch, Phillip Vollrath,
J. Martin Rausch, Jacob Scheiderer, Mattias Loschky, J. B. Burns, George Burger, Conrad Nicol, Phillip Bishop, G. Casper Renner,
Emmanuel Bishop, John L. Boerger, Theodore A Grener, Emmanuel Rausch, George Scheiderer, George Nicol, Johanis Vollrath,
John G. Mayer, H. John Thiergartner, John George Nicol, Albert Gaulke, John M. Dellinger, Daniel Streng, and Johann Schmidt.
1894 – The original St. Paul Lutheran parsonage was built.
April 8, 1898 - The post office at Chuckery was established.
October 12, 1902 – The first church for the St. Paul congregation was dedicated. Prior to this date, both the school and the church
shared the same building.
December 14, 1903 - The post office was closed, with mail service for the community transferred to Plain City.
1906 – The teacherage for the St. Paul Lutheran School was built. Over the years, this home housed various teachers and
principals for the school.
1912 – German was no longer taught at St. Paul Lutheran School due to opposition to Germans during the Great War, WWI.
1930 - The U. S. census reported that there were 36 residents of Chuckery.
1937 - The last class graduated from Chuckery High School. The school was then consolidated with Darby High School in
Unionville Center. The new school was Chuckery-Darby.
July 5, 1942 - The Chuckery Special School District property was bought by St. Paul Lutheran Church for $730.00.
1946 - The store closed.
April 1952 - The original one room school house for the St. Paul Lutheran School was razed.
March 15, 1953 - The current St. Paul Lutheran School building was dedicated.
1953 - A semi truck hit the abandoned store.
1961 - The store building was burnt as a training fire for the fire department.
March 10, 1963 – The old St. Paul Lutheran Church building was razed.
May 3, 1964 - The new St. Paul Lutheran Church building was dedicated.
1979 – The current St. Paul Lutheran parsonage was built.
1993 – St. Paul Lutheran Church celebrated its bicentennial.
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