Welcome to Chapman ...

So far, we found very little information about Chapman. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chapman to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Chapman - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Chapman, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Chapman , we believe that it would have been located within present day Benton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chapman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Time Zone: The area where Chapman was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Chapman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Chapman - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maine, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Texas, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chapman.

Adding Chapman to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Chapman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Chapman post office opened in 1886.

We also found Chapman in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chapman.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chapman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/