 The village of Chamberlain arose when one of the first township settlers, Alvin Hall, requested that a post office be placed in the “western part of the township.” The request was granted, and Lorenzo D. George became the appointed postmaster.Chamberlain, located just southwest of Barnett Chapel on the Old Ridge Road in Section 4 of the township, began its own decline around 1870, and the post office was relocated to St. Joseph Township at that time.Support for rural public schools originated with the Federal Land Ordinance of 1785, which began the land surveys that laid out townships and sections across the growing nation.