Chapman, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 31°40′17″N 86°42′44″W / 31.67139°N 86.71222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Butler |
Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36015 |
Area code | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 117963 [1] |
Chapman is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama, United States. Chapman is located on County Route 37, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west-northwest of Georgiana. [2] Chapman has a post office with ZIP code 36015. [3]
Chapman is located on the former Louisville and Nashville Railroad and was founded as a lumber town. It was the headquarters of the W. T. Smith Lumber Company, one of the oldest lumber firms in Alabama. [4] At one point, Chapman contained three sawmills, a veneer mill, a box factory, two barrel factories, and forty-four company houses. [5] The W. T. Smith Company sponsored baseball teams for both white and black workers. Uniforms were provided for both teams, and they were given two-week vacations to play in summer baseball tournaments. [6]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1920 | 1,142 | — | |
1930 | 1,189 | 4.1% | |
1940 | 1,167 | −1.9% | |
1950 | 943 | −19.2% | |
1960 | 617 | −34.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] |
Chapman, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 31°40′17″N 86°42′44″W / 31.67139°N 86.71222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Butler |
Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36015 |
Area code | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 117963 [1] |
Chapman is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama, United States. Chapman is located on County Route 37, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west-northwest of Georgiana. [2] Chapman has a post office with ZIP code 36015. [3]
Chapman is located on the former Louisville and Nashville Railroad and was founded as a lumber town. It was the headquarters of the W. T. Smith Lumber Company, one of the oldest lumber firms in Alabama. [4] At one point, Chapman contained three sawmills, a veneer mill, a box factory, two barrel factories, and forty-four company houses. [5] The W. T. Smith Company sponsored baseball teams for both white and black workers. Uniforms were provided for both teams, and they were given two-week vacations to play in summer baseball tournaments. [6]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1920 | 1,142 | — | |
1930 | 1,189 | 4.1% | |
1940 | 1,167 | −1.9% | |
1950 | 943 | −19.2% | |
1960 | 617 | −34.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] |