Chatham facts for kids

Chatham may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

In England (UK)

• Chatham, Kent, a town
  • Chatham railway station
  • Chatham Dockyard, frequently referred to simply as "Chatham"
  • Chatham Historic Dockyard, a maritime museum that occupies part of the site of Chatham Dockyard
  • Raid on the Medway, also known as Battle of Chatham, a decisive Dutch naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
  • Chatham (UK Parliament constituency), existed 1832–1950
• Chatham (ward), of the London Borough of Hackney
• Chatham Green, Essex

In the United States

• Chatham, Alaska, known after its Chatham Seaplane Base
• Chatham, Connecticut, the name for East Hampton, Connecticut up to 1915
• Chatham, Delaware
• Chatham, Florida, an unincorporated community within the Everglades National Park
• Chatham County, Georgia, a coastal county
• Chatham, Illinois, a village in Sangamon County
• Chatham, Chicago, Illinois, a neighborhood
• Chatham, Iowa
• Chatham, Bracken County, Kentucky
• Chatham, Louisiana
• Chatham, Massachusetts, a town on Cape Cod
• Chatham, Michigan
• Chatham, Mississippi
• Chatham, New Hampshire
• Chatham Borough, New Jersey
• Chatham Township, New Jersey, a township that adjoins the borough
• Chatham (town), New York
  • Chatham (village), New York
  • Union Station (Chatham, New York), a former New York Central Railroad train station
• Chatham County, North Carolina
• Chatham, Licking County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Chatham, Medina County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Chatham, Virginia
• Chatham Garden Theatre, New York City
• Chatham Manor, a mansion in Virginia that was built between 1768 and 1771
• Chatham Square, New York City
• Chatham Strait, in Alaska
• Chatham Theatre, New York City
• Chatham University, a university in Pittsburgh
• Chatham Village (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, a National Historic Landmark and community in Pittsburgh

In Canada

• Chatham, New Brunswick
  • the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Chatham
• Chatham-Kent, Ontario
• Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec
• Chatham Islands (British Columbia), off Oak Bay

Elsewhere

• Chatham Islands, New Zealand
• Chatham Island, a former name for San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
• Chatham Island (Andaman), small island just off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
• Chatham Island (Western Australia), off the south coast of Western Australia near Walpole
• Chatham Road, a road in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong

People

Politics

• Earl of Chatham, a peerage in England
  • William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), British statesman, known toponymically as Chatham
  • John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835), British statesman and general
• Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720–1803), titled Baroness Chatham
• Richard Thurmond Chatham (1896–1957), American politician

Arts

• Rhys Chatham (born 1952), American musician
• Russell Chatham (born 1939), American landscape artist

Sports

• Charles Chatham (1910–1994), English cricketer
• Ray Chatham (1924–1999), English footballer

Ships

• HMS Chatham, fifteen ships of the Royal Navy, named after the port of Chatham, Medway, UK
• USS Chatham, four ships of the U.S. Navy

Other

• Chatham (grocer), a defunct US grocery chain
• Chatham (horse), Australian thoroughbred racehorse that raced from 1931 to 1934
• Chatham (racehorse), British racehorse that took part in the 1995 Grand National
• Chatham (Victorian racehorse) British racehorse that took part in the 1849 Grand National
• Chatham (film), directed by Daniel Adams

Disambiguation terms

• Chatham County (disambiguation)
• Chatham High School (disambiguation)
• Chatham Island (disambiguation)
• Chatham railway station (disambiguation)

See also

In Spanish: Chatham para niños