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Do you know of Chapman ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chapman. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Chapman.

Our sources for Chapman (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Chapman other than they indicate that Chapman would be found somewhere in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1905 and closed  in 1913.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Chapman ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Chapman.

Within Louisiana, the name Chapman is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chapman [Butler County].
    • Arkansas
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Chapman [Boone County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Chapman [Los Angeles County].
      • Marin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Chapman [Marin County].
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Chapman [Middlesex County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Chapman [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chapman [Hall County].
      • Lowndes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chapman [Lowndes County].
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Chapman [Montgomery County].
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chapman [Dickinson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chapman [Lawrence County].
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chapman [Union County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Chapman [Aroostook County].
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chapman [Alger County].
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chapman [Monroe County].
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Chapman [Rankin County].
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chapman [Benton County].
    • Montana
      • Phillips County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chapman [Phillips County].
    • Nebraska
      • Merrick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Chapman [Merrick County].
    • New Mexico
      • San Miguel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Chapman [San Miguel County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chapman [Jackson County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chapman.
    • Oregon
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Chapman [Columbia County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chapman [Lehigh County].
      • Northampton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chapman [Northampton County].
      • Snyder County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chapman [Snyder County].
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chapman [Rusk County].
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Chapman [Braxton County].
      • Webster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Chapman [Webster County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Chapman [Saint Croix County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chapman ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chapman:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Ouachita Parish ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Ouachita Parish.

AnabellLocharbor
 Louisville
Boeuf 
Brownsville - BawcomvilleNortheast
 Norton
Carlin 
 Olinkraft
Dean Chapel 
 Pine Hill
Fouche 
FrizzellSplane Place
 Spring Hill
Gordon 
 Trenton
Head 
HollandWalls Lake
 Watizit
KingsWatts
  

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Chapman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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