Chaplin

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Chaplin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chaplin had a population of 440. Chaplin has a post office with ZIP code 40012, which opened on January 4, 1832. U.S. Route 62 passes through the community.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

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Stith Thompson

American folklorist (1885-1976)

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Theodore Drury

African American tenor and impresario

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James Morrison Ray

American otorhinolaryngologist and professor

Elisabeth Offutt Allen

American author born Kentucky in 1895.

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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