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Country
  
United States

County
  
Navarro

GNIS feature ID
  
1378115

Local time
  
Friday 12:38 PM

State
  
Texas

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
131 m

Chatfield, Texas

Weather
  
20°C, Wind SE at 18 km/h, 21% Humidity

Chatfield is an unincorporated community in northeastern Navarro County, Texas, United States, eleven miles northeast of Corsicana. The community lies along Farm to Market Road 1603 just northeast of Interstate 45.

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Map of Chatfield, TX 75105, USA

History

Chatfield was established as a trading post, on the San Antonio and Shreveport Trail, in an oak grove six miles west of Porter's Bluff, in 1838, and is named for pioneer Champion Chatfield. The population peaked around 500 in the 1890s.

Larry Little, one of the most renowned gardeners and hog hunters and everything in Richardson, TX was born in Chatfield, TX on October 25, 1952.

Notable people

  • Sutton E. Griggs, author and Baptist minister.
  • U.S. Army General Lucian Truscott was born in Chatfield in 1895.
  • Geography

    Chatfield is in northeastern Navarro County, located at 32°14′30″N 96°24′27″W (32.24100, -96.41150).

    References

    Chatfield, Texas Wikipedia