WayfarrowChapman
Ghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut
Chapman is a ghost town in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut. It is one of 7 former communities in Lower Connecticut River Valley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 9 Connecticut counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chapman as a historical populated place on the Essex topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.2740° N, 72.4256° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Essex |
|---|---|
| Elevation | -4 ft |
| Nearest living town | Westbrook Center, CT |
| Distance to it | 1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1923695 |
| Coordinates | 41.27399, -72.42564 |
What's there now
Chapman is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Westbrook Center, CT (population 2,529), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly -4 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 4.3 mi
- Lynde Point Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 4.3 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 4.4 mi
- Essex Reef Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 5.3 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 8 mi
- Chester Rock Lightlighthouse · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 8 mi
- Lord Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 8.6 mi
- Spruce Cornerghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 9.3 mi
- Flandersghost town · South Central Connecticut County · 9.5 mi
- Grassy Hillghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.1 mi
- Ninevahghost town · Lower Connecticut River Valley County · 11.2 mi
- Falkner Island Lightlighthouse · South Central Connecticut County · 12.6 mi
Questions
Where is Chapman?
Chapman is in Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut, at 41.2740, -72.4256.
How many ghost towns are in Lower Connecticut River Valley County?
Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.