Chaffee, North Dakota facts for kids

Chaffee is an unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota.

History

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

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

Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 97°21′09″W / 46.77444°N 97.3525°W / 46.77444; -97.3525

Municipalities and communities of Cass County, North Dakota, United States

County seat: Fargo

Cities	Alice Amenia Argusville Arthur Ayr Briarwood Buffalo Casselton Davenport Enderlin‡ Fargo Frontier Gardner Grandin‡ Harwood Horace Hunter Kindred Leonard Mapleton North River Oxbow Page Prairie Rose Reile's Acres Tower City‡ West Fargo

Townships	Addison Amenia Arthur Ayr Barnes Bell Berlin Buffalo Casselton Chaffee Clifton Cornell Davenport Dows Durbin Eldred Empire Erie Everest Fargo Gardner Gill Gunkel Harmony Harwood Highland Hill Howes Hunter Kinyon Lake Leonard Maple River Mapleton Noble Normanna Page Pleasant Pontiac Raymond Reed Rich Rochester Rush River Stanley Tower Walburg Warren Watson Wheatland Wiser

CDPs	Brooktree Park Embden Erie Wheatland

Unincorporated communities	Absaraka Chaffee Durbin Erie Junction Everest Fife Hickson Lynchburg Magnolia Mason Myra Newman Nolan Norman Pinkham Prosper Saint Benedict Vance Walden Warren Wild Rice Woods

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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