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Welcome to Chavies ...

Chavies is located in DeKalb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chavies, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Chavies is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chavies lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Chavies (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Chavies: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Chavies ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chavies - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chavies.

Communities near Chavies ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chavies.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Chavies. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chavies.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chavies. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chavies.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chavies. See our Newspapers Page for Chavies.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chavies ...

Looking for more information about Chavies? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Chavies, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chavies.

Adding Chavies to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chavies in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Chavies was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chavies post office opened in 1883.

We also found Chavies in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chavies.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chavies - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Chavies area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Chavies area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/