Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chaffee County, Colorado.

Official Website

Chaffee County has a confusing origin. Between February 8 and February 10, 1879, Carbonate County was created by the Colorado legislature out of northern Lake County. On February 10 the two counties were renamed, with the southern part of Lake County becoming Chaffee County, and Carbonate County becoming Lake County. Chaffee County is known as the “Heart of the Rockies”. It was named for Jerome B. Chaffee, Colorado's first United States Senator.

Adjacent Counties

• Lake County
• Park County
• Fremont County
• Saguache County
• Gunnison County
• Pitkin County

City, Towns & Communities

• Alpine
• Americus
• Belleview
• Brown's Canon
• Buena Vista
• Centerville
• Cleora
• Futurity
• Garfield
• Granite
• Hamilton
• Johnson Village
• Maysville
• Nathrop
• Newett
• Poncha Springs
• Princeton
• Riverside
• Rockdale
• St. Elmo
• Salida (County Seat)
• Smeltertown
• Stonewall
• Turret
• Vicksburg
• Winfield

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Colorado

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Browns Canyon National Monument

San Isabel National Forest

Colorado Trail

Continental Divide Trail

Genealogy Trails

Salida Archive

US Gen Web

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