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Chrome
Country  United States
State  California
County Glenn County
Elevation
285 m (935 ft)

Chrome (formerly Crome) is an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California. It is located 9 miles (14 km) north of Elk Creek, at an elevation of 935 feet (285 m). The community lies on Country Road 306. Its zip code is 95963.

Chrome is named for the chromium that was mined in the area. The local chromium mill closed in the 1940s when the major mines were exhausted.

Chrome had a school until the 1950s. In 1978, the old Chrome schoolhouse, built in 1891, was moved to the Glenn County Fairgrounds in Willows.

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