Chapin, Iowa

Chapin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads just off U.S. Route 65, north of the city of Hampton, the county seat of Franklin County.[4] Its elevation is 1,155 feet (352 m), and it is located at 42°50′1″N 93°13′20″W (42.8335814, -93.2221464).[3] Although Chapin is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 50427,[5] which opened on 29 February 1860.[6] As of the 2010 census, its population was 87.[2]

Chapin, Iowa
Census-designated place
Chapin
Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 93°13′20″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Franklin
Area [1]
• Total	0.070 sq mi (0.18 km^2)
• Land	0.070 sq mi (0.18 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation	1,155 ft (352 m)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	87
• Density	1,200/sq mi (480/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	641
GNIS feature ID	455347[3]

Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife.[7]

Education

Chapin is part of the West Fork Community School District, formed in 2011 by the merger of the Sheffield-Chapin-Meservey-Thornton (SCMT) Community School District and the Rockwell-Swaledale Community School District. SCMT was formed in 2007 by the merger of the Sheffield-Chapin Community School District and the Meservey-Thornton Community School District.[8] Sheffield-Chapin, in turn, formed in 1960 from the merger of the Sheffield Community School District and the Chapin Community School District.[9]

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapin, Iowa
4. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 38-39.
5. Zip Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapin Post Office
7. Stuart, I. L. (1914). History of Franklin County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 324.
8. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 13, 2019.
9. "District History". West Fork Community School District. Retrieved 2019-01-13.