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History · Chapman Township

Chapman Township dates to 1780, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1980.

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Quick answers

How Chapman Township began

When was Chapman Township founded?

1780

Chapman Township dates its founding to 1780 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 1,240 in 19802020 census: 893246 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1875.

What stands out about Chapman Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Chapman Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Chapman Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1780: 246 years of Chapman Township.
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Start Chapman Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chapman Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Gleasonton, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hyner
1875–today
North Bend
1879–today
Gleasonton
1892–1944
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FarwellGleasontonHynerHyner ViewNorth Bend
Gone or out of use
Hyner Landing Fieldairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Chapman Township
FairviewHynerSaint Josephs

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Chapman Township, 1780 to 1946

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 18th century
  2. 1780
    FoundingChapman Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1875Post officeThe Hyner post office opens
  5. 1879Post officeThe North Bend post office opens
  6. 1892Post officeThe Gleasonton post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1944Post officeThe Gleasonton post office closes
  9. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Chapman Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chapman Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Chapman Township is a township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 886 at the 2020 census, down from 993 in 2000. It was originally settled in 1780 and became an official township on February 3, 1819. Originally part of Lycoming County, Chapman Township was incorporated into the newly formed Clinton County in 1839.

Chapman Township was established in 1780. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 848 to 893 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Chapman Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Pennsylvania State Route 1202013Pennsylvania State Route 120
On the map

Chapman Township on the map, 1946 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chapman Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Chapman Township on the 1946 USGS mapChapman Township on the 1971 USGS mapChapman Township on the 1994 USGS map1946Young Womans Creek sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chapman Township.

People over time

Chapman Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200198020002020Peak: 1,240

Between 848 and 1,240 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chapman Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Chapman Township

Nobody well known was born in Chapman Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Alison BechdelAmerican cartoonist, author · b. 1960
John SloanAmerican painter · b. 1871
Christina HartActress, director, producer · b. 1949
Alexander McDonaldAmerican politician · b. 1832
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Mike HannaAmerican politician · b. 1953
John Sloan DickeyAmerican educator · b. 1907
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

RenovoIts storyA−Leidy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoyes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStewardson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcHenry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth RenovoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrugan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Chapman Township’s history

What year was Chapman Township founded?

In 1780, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Chapman Township’s post office opened in 1875, and the census of 1980 counted 1,240 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.