Chatfield, Texas

Chatfield, Texas
Unincorporated community
Location of Chatfield, Texas
Coordinates: 32°14′30″N 96°24′27″W / 32.24167°N 96.40750°WCoordinates: 32°14′30″N 96°24′27″W / 32.24167°N 96.40750°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Navarro
Elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	1378115

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.

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notable people

• Sutton E. Griggs, author and Baptist minister.
• U.S. Army General Lucian Truscott was born in Chatfield in 1895.^[3]

Geography

Chatfield is in northeastern Navarro County, located at 32°14′30″N 96°24′27″W / 32.24167°N 96.40750°W (32.24100, -96.41150).

References

1. Gantt, Todd. - Chatfield, Texas. - Handbook of Texas Online. - Texas State Historical Association. - Retrieved: 2008-05-31
2. Larry Little - Gardener, Richardson, Tx - "Making New Gardens Look Old" January, 2008 Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.. - Neil Sperry Magazine. Retrieved: 2009-07-20
3. Lucian King Truscott, Jr. - General, United States Army. - Arlington National Cemetery. - Retrieved: 2008-05-31