Chaffee, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
Chaffee is located in North Dakota
Chaffee
Chaffee
Chaffee is located in the United States
Chaffee
Chaffee
Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 97°21′09″W / 46.77444°N 97.35250°W / 46.77444; -97.35250
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyCass
Elevation
[1]
968 ft (295 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code701
GNIS feature ID1028331[1]

Chaffee is an unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Chaffee in 1894, and remained in operation until 1966.[2] The community, named for promoter Eben Chaffee, was platted in 1898 soon after the railroad was extended to that point.[3]

Herbert Fuller Chaffee (Eben's son) was a first-class passenger aboard the RMS Titanic, with his wife Carrie Constance Toogood (1864-1931). She survived, but his body was never recovered.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chaffee, North Dakota
  2. ^ "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Hoheisel, Tim; Nielsen, Andrew R. (2007). Cass County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7385-4145-7.
  4. ^ Helm, Merry (April 21, 2004). "Dakota Datebook - April 21, 2004 - "Chaffee"". North Dakota Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 16, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2008.


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