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Welcome to Chaffee ...

Chaffee is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chaffee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

Chaffee is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chaffee lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Chaffee: 509

Communities Also Named Chaffee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Chaffee - they are located in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Chaffee ...

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

  • Richland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sunnyside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • West Richland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Grandview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Prosser
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mabton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Byron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Byron is located in Yakima County
  • West Pasco
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pasco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
    • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
  • Kennewick
    (22 miles [35.4 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 Chaffee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chaffee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chaffee. 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 Chaffee.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chaffee ...

Looking for more information about Chaffee? 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 Chaffee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chaffee.

Adding Chaffee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chaffee 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 Chaffee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Chaffee post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chaffee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chaffee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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