Chatham
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois — population 13,159 as of 2020.
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News around Sangamon County
Send in the clowns
Eleven months of the year, Robert Quance lives a 9-to-5 life working behind the camera as a news assignment editor for WICS NewsChannel 20 in Springfield. Every October, though, Quance takes all his unused sick and personal time, dons grease paint, puts on a bulbous red nose and…
Creatives & ArtsImagine pedaling happily along a paved path where murals and stand-alone art works distract you from the shabbiness or outright ugliness of Springfield’s backsides, passing frolicking children and couples strolling hand in hand thinking how lucky they are to be living in a city…
Creatives & ArtsDefinitely in the class of defining weather months, October can lean any way the wind blows, but by the time it’s over we’re on our way to winter no matter what you want to think, wish, believe or deny. Let’s get going to see what’s in the forecast for our music meanderings.…
Creatives & Arts
ABC announces funding recipients from State Fair proceeds
American Business Club of Springfield awarded funding to 55 nonprofit organizations Sept. 28, using proceeds raised from overseeing gate admissions to the Illinois State Fair. More than $126,000 was given to groups such as Gold Star Families, Kiwanis Club of Springfield and…
Community Groups & Organizations
Letters to the editor
BIG WIN Last spring, Jamie Toole (at the time chief storyteller of the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes) came and spoke at an Enos Park neighborhood meeting. He spoke passionately about how baseball should be affordable and accessible to everyone. In addition to the Shoes, he spoke…
Local Sports
New bookstore will support community organizations
Cathy Strukely and Tricia McGann are turning the former Fifth Street Flower Shop location into a Christian bookstore, with the goal of spreading kindness and providing financial support to other community organizations. The friends, who met in a church community group, are…
Local BusinessIn and around Chatham
See & do
- Chatham Area Public Library
- Chatham Bike Trail
- Chatham Crossing
- Chatham Railroad Museum Chicago & Alton Depot
- CrossFit XLT
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Chatham by the numbers
- Area
- 7.36 sq mi (19.07 km²), 0 sq mi water
- Median age
- 35.4
- Households
- 5,624
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $106,773
- Median house value
- $243,200
- Office
- CFO TREASURER
- Address
- 116 E MULBERRY ST, CHATHAM, IL 62629