Chapman, Alabama

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, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°40′17″N 86°42′44″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(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	117963[1]

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
Census	Pop.		%±
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]

References

1. "Chapman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Butler County, Alabama General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
4. James E. Fickle (28 February 2014). Green Gold: Alabama's Forests and Forest Industries. University of Alabama Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8173-1813-0.
5. Wayne Flynt (10 October 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 12, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.