Chatfield, Texas
Unincorporated community in Navarro County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Chatfield
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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How Chatfield is governed
Chatfield appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Navarro County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Chatfield does have local officials.
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Residents of Chatfield
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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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 Norman Chatfield. Other sources cite this pioneer's name as Champion Chatfield. Mr. Chatfield did not stay. The town was built up by a Captain Robert Hodge who moved from Kentucky to Texas. Captain Hodge purchased 1280 acres of land and moved his family to Chatfield in 1853. He was a successful plantation owner who built an antebellum home named "Hodge Oaks" in 1860. The "Hodge Oaks" house remained in the Hodge family until it was sold out of the family in 1993.
At one time, Chatfield had a furniture manufacturing facility, a boarding school along with a number of cotton gins, a post office and stores. The population peaked at approximately 500 in the 1890s. The railroad bypassed Chatfield and instead, chose to go through Corsicana, located about 15 miles southwest of Chatfield. This likely played a role in preventing further growth in the commerce and population of Chatfield.
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