Chatham
Chatham is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. It is located 2.8 miles south of Springfield. The population was 11,500 as of the 2010 census and 14,377 as of 2020.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: village in Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Chatham, IL” and “Chatham, Illinois”
- Postal code: 62629
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caldwell Farmstead and Glenwood High School.
Caldwell Farmstead
Heritage site
Photo: Coalfather, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Caldwell Farmstead is a historic farmhouse located on Illinois Route 4 north of Chatham, Sangamon County, Illinois. The two-story Towered Italianate house was built in 1876. Caldwell Farmstead is situated 2 miles north of Chatham.
Glenwood High School
School
Glenwood High School is a public high school in Chatham, Illinois, United States. It is the only high school in the Ball Chatham Community Unit School District 5, which is in Southern Sangamon County, and includes Chatham, Glenarm, and the Southern portion of Springfield, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodside Township and Cotton Hill Township.
Woodside Township
Town
Woodside Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,447 and it contained 5,668 housing units. Woodside Township is situated 3½ miles northeast of Chatham.
Cotton Hill Township
Village
Cotton Hill Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 902 and it contained 389 housing units. The township is the home of Hunter Lake, a proposed 3,010-acre reservoir. Cotton Hill Township is situated 4 miles east of Chatham.
Glenarm
Hamlet
Glenarm is an unincorporated community in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Glenarm is located along Interstate 55, south of Springfield. Glenarm has a post office with ZIP code 62536. Glenarm is situated 4½ miles southeast of Chatham.
Chatham
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: Chatham Township, Sangamon, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.67616° or 39° 40′ 34″ northLongitude
-89.70454° or 89° 42′ 16″ westPopulation
10,000Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CZ7Open location code
86FGM7GW+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 153734317OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Chatham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشاتهام”
- Basque: “Chatham”
- Catalan: “Chatham”
- Cebuano: “Chatham”
- Chinese: “Chatham”
- Chinese: “查塔姆 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “查塔姆”
- Dutch: “Chatham”
- French: “Chatham”
- German: “Chatham”
- Gilaki: “چاتام (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “چاتام”
- Haitian: “Chatham, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Chatham”
- Indonesian: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Indonesian: “Chatham”
- Italian: “Chatham”
- Japanese: “チャタム”
- Ladin: “Chatham”
- Mazanderani: “چاتهام (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “چاتهام”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chatham”
- Newari: “च्याट्ह्याम (इलियोनोई)”
- Newari: “च्याट्ह्याम, इलियोनोई”
- Newari: “च्यातम, इलिनोइ”
- Polish: “Chatham”
- Portuguese: “Chatham”
- Serbian: “Чатам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chatham”
- Spanish: “Chatham”
- Swedish: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Chatham”
- Turkish: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Chatham”
- Ukrainian: “Чатгем”
- Vietnamese: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Chatham”
- Volapük: “Chatham”
- Welsh: “Chatham, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Chatham”
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