Chapman

History

Chapman was named for William Chapman, who owned slate quarries in the borough. Chapman was from Cornwall, England. He was born in 1816 in Mt. Tonenshau in Brussels, where his mother had gone to nurse his father after being severely injured in the Battle of Waterloo. At the age of seven, Chapman began working in the Delabole slate quarries in Cornwall, where his father worked. At the age of 26, Chapman emigrated to the United States, where he leased property in Northampton County and later purchased the property and started the Chapman Slate Company. While the slate quarries were originally opened in 1850, the company itself was officially incorporated by a special act of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1864 with a capital stock of $300,000. The quarry grew to a considerable size measuring from 700 to 800 feet along a longitudinal joint and was about 200 feet wide and 300 feet deep. William Chapman died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1903 at the age of 86.

Geography

Chapman is located at (40.761567, -75.404270). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and 0.0% is water. It is drained by the Monocacy Creek into the Lehigh River. The township is surrounded by Moore Township.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Easton Area HS
  High · Easton · 2,844 students · 16.8:1 ratio
• Liberty HS
  High · Bethlehem · 2,640 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Easton Area MS
  Middle · Easton · 1,874 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Northampton Area HS
  High · Northampton · 1,862 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CS
  Other · Bethlehem · 1,795 students · 10.6:1 ratio
• Freedom HS
  High · Bethlehem · 1,753 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Nazareth Area HS
  High · Nazareth · 1,594 students · 16.1:1 ratio
• Northampton Area MS
  Middle · Northampton · 1,256 students · 15.9:1 ratio