Editing Chatham, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                      = Chatham, Louisiana
| official_name             = Town of Chatham
| settlement_type           = Town
| image_skyline             = 
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| image_caption             = 
| motto                     = "Gateway to Caney Lake"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.townofchatham.org/ |title= Town of Chatham, Louisiana |publisher= Town of Chatham, Louisiana |accessdate= August 26, 2012 |archive-date= March 20, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200320105939/http://www.townofchatham.org/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| image_map                 = File:Jackson Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Chatham Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                   = 
| map_caption               = Location of Chatham in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
| image_map1                = Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
| mapsize1                  = 
| map_caption1              = Location of Louisiana in the United States
<!-- Location ---->
| subdivision_type          = Country
| subdivision_name          = United States
| subdivision_type1         = State
| subdivision_name1         = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2         = Parish
| subdivision_name2         = [[Jackson Parish, Louisiana|Jackson]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title         = Founded
| established_date          = 
| founder                   = 
| named_for                 = 
| government_footnotes      = 
| government_type           = 
| governing_body            = 
| leader_party              = 
| leader_title              = Mayor
| leader_name               = 
<!-- Area ----->
| unit_pref                 = Imperial
| area_footnotes            = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2            = 2.98
| area_total_sq_mi          = 1.15
| area_land_km2             = 2.56
| area_land_sq_mi           = 0.99
| area_water_km2            = 0.42
| area_water_sq_mi          = 0.16
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| population_as_of          = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes      = 
| population_total          = 491
| population_density_km2    = 191.86
| population_density_sq_mi  = 496.96
| population_demonym        = 
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| timezone                  = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset                = -6
| timezone_DST              = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST            = -5
| elevation_footnotes       = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft              = 171
| coordinates               = {{coord|32|18|34|N|92|27|07|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes     = <ref name=gnis/>
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| postal_code_type          = 
| postal_code               = 
| area_code_type            = 
| area_code                 = [[Area code 318|318]]
| blank_name                = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                = 22-14485
| blank1_name               = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info               = 2406258<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406258}}</ref>
| website                   = [http://www.townofchatham.org Town of Chatham, Louisiana]
| footnotes                 = 
}}

'''Chatham''' is a town in [[Jackson Parish, Louisiana|Jackson Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 491 in 2020. It is part of the [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] [[Ruston micropolitan area|micropolitan statistical area]].

Southwest of Chatham is '''Caney Lake''' and the [[Jimmie Davis State Park]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} (13.91%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 181
|1920= 186
|1930= 391
|1940= 605
|1950= 833
|1960= 758
|1970= 827
|1980= 714
|1990= 617
|2000= 623
|2010= 557
|2020= 491
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Chatham racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2214485&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 272
| 55.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 185
| 37.68%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 5
| 1.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 3
| 0.61%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 16
| 3.26%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 10
| 2.04%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 491 people, 316 households, and 157 families residing in the town.

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.townofchatham.org Town of Chatham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320105939/http://www.townofchatham.org/ |date=March 20, 2020 }}

{{Jackson Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Jackson Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Ruston micropolitan area]]