Chatham Borough is a small, affluent suburban borough in the southeastern corner of Morris County, New Jersey, roughly 25 miles west of Manhattan. It is paired with the larger Chatham Township, which surrounds it and shares its name, schools, and much of its identity; together the two municipalities form the community that most residents and outsiders simply call "Chatham." The borough is the walkable, historic core of that pairing, while the township holds more of the surrounding residential acreage. The borough's defining feature is its downtown, a compact commercial district centered on the NJ Transit station. The train sits in the heart of town, an unusual and highly prized arrangement that makes Chatham one of the region's true "walk to the station" communities. Main Street's shops, restaurants, and municipal buildings give the borough a genuine village feel that many larger Morris County towns lack. Chatham is a commuter community in the fullest sense. The Gladstone Branch of NJ Transit's Morris & Essex Lines provides direct Midtown Direct service into New York Penn Station, and the borough's access to Routes 24 and 287 and Interstate 78 supports a driving commute into the region's office parks and Manhattan. This has long made Chatham a preferred address for professionals working in New York City and central New Jersey. The borough suits families drawn by the schools, the walkable downtown, and a commute measured in minutes rather than hours. It is a polished, established suburb that has retained a village scale and a direct line to the city. The borough's appeal is also aesthetic and historical. Its streets hold a well-preserved collection of older homes, and its compact scale means most errands, schools, and the station are reachable on foot or by a short drive. That intimacy, unusual for a town with a direct Manhattan rail link, is precisely what has sustained Chatham's reputation. Generations of families have settled here for the same reasons — the schools, the train, and a genuine village center that holds together as the surrounding region has grown denser around it.