| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Alabama |
| County | Butler |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| Time zone (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Elevation | 259 ft |
| Coordinates | 31°40′17″N 86°42′44″W |
| ZIP code | 36015 |
| Area code | 334 |
| GNIS feature ID | 117963[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]
References
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- ^ Butler County, Alabama General Highway Map (PDF). Alabama Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wayne Flynt (October 10, 2004). Alabama in the Twentieth Century. University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8173-1430-9.
- ^ 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.