Chapman, Lawrence County, Kentucky

Chapman is an unincorporated community located in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States on the eastern bank of the Levisa Fork River.

A high volume railway line, operated by CSX Transportation, extends through its limits and continues in a southerly direction throughout southeastern Kentucky to western Virginia and points south.

The railroad was first built through the community in 1880 by CSX's predecessor, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.

C&O employees who resided in Chapman caught the train as it passed through on its multiple daily runs where they reported to work.

David Chapman's ancestors originally emigrated to North America from Kaufmann, Germany.