Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Pittsylvania
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Alisa B. Davis
- Town council
- Janet R. Bishop, William P. Black, Teresa D. Easley, William A. Pace, William M. Riddle, Robert B. Thompson
- Town manager
- Nicholas Morris
- Total
- 2.03 sq mi (5.26 km )
- Land
- 2.03 sq mi (5.26 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 748 ft (228 m)
- Density
- 607/sq mi (234.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 51-15000
- Website
- www .chatham-va .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chatham
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pittsylvania County
- Population
- 1232
- Area
- 5.261847
- Elevation
- 228
- Capital of
- Pittsylvania County
- Official website
- www.chatham-va.gov
- Image
- North Main Street Chatham Virginia 1909.jpg
- Households
- 628
- Dialing code
- 434
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- inception
- 1874-00-00
- postal code
- 24531
- water as percent of area
- 0.1173
- per capita income
- 28699
- Commons category
- Chatham, Virginia
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Encyclopedic overview
Chatham is a town in and county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. Chatham's population was 1,232 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Danville, Virginia metropolitan area. The town was originally called Competition, but the name was changed to Chatham by the Virginia General Assembly on May 1, 1852.
Chatham is home to Chatham High School, Hargrave Military Academy, and Chatham Hall, an all-female boarding high school.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chatham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.