Welcome to Chastain ...
So far, we found very little information about Chastain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chastain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chastain, please Contact Us.
Chastain was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Chastain would have been located within present day Baxter County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Chastain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Chastain is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Chastain was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Chastain was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities Also Named Chastain ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chastain - it's located in Georgia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chastain.
Communities near Chastain ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chastain.
- Mountain Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gassville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Calico Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cotter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Salesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Chastain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chastain.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chastain. 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 Chastain.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chastain. See our Newspapers Page for Chastain.
Adding Chastain to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Chastain in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Chastain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Chastain post office opened in 1923. The Chastain post office closed in 1944.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Chastain.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chastain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chastain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Chastain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Chastain area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |