Chapman, Alabama

Chapman, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Chapman, Alabama is located in Alabama
Chapman, Alabama
Chapman, Alabama
Chapman, Alabama is located in the United States
Chapman, Alabama
Chapman, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°40′17″N 86°42′44″W / 31.67139°N 86.71222°W / 31.67139; -86.71222
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyButler
Elevation
259 ft (79 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36015
Area code334
GNIS feature ID117963[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]

History

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]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19201,142—
19301,1894.1%
19401,167−1.9%
1950943−19.2%
1960617−34.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References

  1. ^ "Chapman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Butler County, Alabama General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2012.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. ^ James E. Fickle (February 28, 2014). Green Gold: Alabama's Forests and Forest Industries. University of Alabama Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8173-1813-0.
  5. ^ Wayne Flynt (October 10, 2004). Alabama in the Twentieth Century. University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8173-1430-9.
  6. ^ William Powell Jones (2005). The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South. University of Illinois Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-252-02979-0.
  7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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