Chapin, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA

Chapin is a town in Lexington County in South Carolina’s Midlands, near the northern side of Lake Murray. It developed around Martin Chapin’s lumber mill and a station on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. The town incorporated in 1889. The creation of Lake Murray transformed the surrounding landscape and settlement patterns, and the lake remains a defining feature of the area.