| Official Name: | Chatfield, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Navarro |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 131 |
| Elevation Ft: | 430 |
| Coordinates: | 32.2417°N -96.4075°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 75105[1] |
| Area Code: | 430 and 903 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1378115 |
Chatfield is an unincorporated community in northeastern Navarro County, Texas, United States, eleven miles northeast of Corsicana. The community lies along Farm to Market Road 1603, just northeast of Interstate 45.
Chatfield was established as a trading post, on the San Antonio and Shreveport Trail, in an oak grove six miles west of Porter's Bluff, in 1838, and is named for pioneer Norman Chatfield.[2] Other sources cite this pioneer's name as Champion Chatfield.[3] Mr. Chatfield did not stay. The town was built up by a Captain Robert Hodge who moved from Kentucky to Texas. Captain Hodge purchased 1280 acres of land and moved his family to Chatfield in 1853. He was a successful plantation owner who built an antebellum home named "Hodge Oaks" in 1860.[4] The "Hodge Oaks" house remained in the Hodge family until it was sold out of the family in 1993.[5]
At one time, Chatfield had a furniture manufacturing facility, a boarding school along with a number of cotton gins, a post office and stores.[6] The population peaked at approximately 500 in the 1890s.[7] The railroad bypassed Chatfield and instead, chose to go through Corsicana, located about 15 miles southwest of Chatfield.[8] This likely played a role in preventing further growth in the commerce and population of Chatfield.
Chatfield is in northeastern Navarro County, located at 32.2417°N -96.4075°W (32.24100, -96.41150).