Chapin, Iowa
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Chapin, Iowa
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|pushpin_label = Chapin
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Iowa
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Franklin
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 0.26
|area_land_km2 = 0.26
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.10
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.10
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 71
|population_density_km2 = 278.15
|population_density_sq_mi = 717.17
|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|elevation_ft = 1155
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|postal_code_type = Zip Code
|postal_code = 50427
|area_code = 641
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|blank_info = 2585476{{GNIS|2585476}}
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Chapin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads just off U.S. Route 65, north of the city of Hampton, the county seat of Franklin County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, pp. 38–39. Although Chapin is unincorporated, it has a postal code of 50427.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=50427 Zip Code Lookup] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615071212/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=50427 |date=June 15, 2011 }} The Chapin post office opened on 29 February 1860 and closed in 2005.{{gnis|1944796|Chapin Post Office}} As of the 2020 census, its population was 71.
History
Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. He gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snoUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA324 | title=History of Franklin County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1 | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Stuart, I. L. | year=1914 | pages=324}} The population was 150 in 1940.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=295 |language=en}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2010= 87
|2020= 71
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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=2020 census=
As of the census of 2020,{{cite web |title=2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} there were 71 people, 38 households, and 18 families residing in the community. The population density was 720.4 inhabitants per square mile (278.2/km2). There were 40 housing units at an average density of 405.9 per square mile (156.7/km2). The racial makeup of the community was 85.9% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races and 12.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 5.6% of the population.
Of the 38 households, 10.5% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 5.3% were cohabitating couples, 34.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 15.8% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 52.6% of all households were non-families. 50.0% of all households were made up of individuals, 28.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.
The median age in the community was 55.3 years. 14.1% of the residents were under the age of 20; 2.8% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 14.1% were from 25 and 44; 36.6% were from 45 and 64; and 32.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 73.2% male and 26.8% female.
Education
Chapin is part of the West Fork Community School District, formed in 2011 by the merger of the Sheffield–Chapin–Meservey–Thornton (SCMT) Community School District and the Rockwell–Swaledale Community School District. SCMT was formed in 1987 by the merger of the Sheffield–Chapin Community School District and the Meservey–Thornton Community School District."[https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124738/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf |date=2019-02-09 }}." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on January 13, 2019. Sheffield–Chapin, in turn, formed in 1960 from the merger of the Sheffield Community School District and the Chapin Community School District.{{cite web|url=https://www.westforkschool.org/district-history|title=District History|publisher=West Fork Community School District|accessdate=2019-01-13}}
References
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{{Franklin County, Iowa}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Franklin County, Iowa
Category:Census-designated places in Iowa
Category:1858 establishments in Iowa
Category:Populated places established in 1858
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