 chatham is a town in jackson parish, louisiana, united states. the population was 557 at the 2010 census. it is part of the ruston micropolitan statistical area. southwest of chatham is caney lake and the jimmie davis state park. ' ==geography== chatham is located at  (32.309036, -92.451359). according to the united states census bureau, the town has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  of it (13.91%) is water. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 623 people, 257 households, and 169 families residing in the town. the population density was 629.8 people per square mile (243.0/kmÂ²). there were 302 housing units at an average density of 305.3 per square mile (117.8/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the town was 55.22% white, 44.
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