Chatham is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Bracken County,

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, United States.

History

A post office called Chatham was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904. The community was most likely named after

Chatham, New York Chatham is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Columbia County, New York, Columbia County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 4,104 at the 2020 census, down from the 2010 census.US Census Bureau, 2020 ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Bracken County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{BrackenCountyKY-geo-stub