Chaffee or Chafee may refer to:
Places
United States
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Chaffee, Missouri
Chaffee is a city in Scott County, Missouri, Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,057 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
Chaffee was platted in 1905, and named after Adna Chaffee, an officer in the Spa ...
, a city
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Chaffee, New York Chaffee is a small hamlet in the town of Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the sec ...
, a hamlet
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Chaffee, North Dakota
Chaffee is an unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
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 ...
, an unincorporated community
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Chaffee, West Virginia
Chaffee is an extinct town in Mineral County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural featur ...
, an extinct town
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Chaffee County, Colorado
Chaffee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,476. The county seat is Salida.
History
Chaffee County has a confusing origin. Between February 8 and February 10, 1879, Carbonate ...
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Lake Chaffee
Lake Chaffee is a small, shallow, man-made lake located approximately northwest of the hamlet of Westford in the town of Ashford in Windham County, northeastern Connecticut. The lake has an area of and a maximum depth of . Its average surfac ...
, Connecticut
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Lake Chaffee (CDP), Connecticut
Lake Chaffee is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest part of the town of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is a residential community surrounding Lake Chaffee
Lake Chaffee is a small, shallow, man-made lake lo ...
, lakeside community
Outer space
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Chaffee (crater)
Chaffee is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies within the huge walled plain Apollo, and is one of several craters in that formation named for astronauts and people associated with ...
, on the far side of the Moon
* Chaffee Hill, unofficial name of one of the
Apollo 1 Hills
The Apollo 1 Hills are three hills on Mars named to memorialize the crew of Apollo 1. The three hills were some of the first landmarks sighted following the January 7, 2004, landing of the ''Spirit'' rover on Mars.
Background
NASA astronauts G ...
on Mars
In the military
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M24 Chaffee
The M24 Chaffee (officially Light Tank, M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post–World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the Firs ...
, a World War II and later light tank
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Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center
Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center is an Army National Guard installation in western Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Fort Smith. Established as Camp Chaffee in 1941, renamed to Fort Chaffee in 1956, Fort Chaffee has served as a Unite ...
, Arkansas, previously named Camp Chaffee, then Fort Chaffee
* (DDG-90), a guided missile destroyer
*, a World War II destroyer escort
People
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Chaffee (surname) Chaffee or Chafee is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ada Gilmore Chaffee (1883–1955), American watercolorist and printmaker
* Adna Chaffee (1842–1914), American lieutenant general
* Adna R. Chaffee Jr. (1884–1941), Ame ...
, a list of people with the surname Chaffee or Chafee
Other uses
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Fresno Chaffee Zoo
The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a zoo in Roeding Park in Fresno, California covering 39 acres and housing over 190 species. Its attractions include Stingray Bay, Dino Dig, Valley Farm, Sea Lion Cove, African Adventure, and Ross Laird's Winged Wonders ...
, Fresno, California
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Chaffee Art Center
The Chaffee Art Center for the Visual Arts is a non profit art center located in Rutland, Vermont Rutland, Vermont may refer to:
*Rutland (city), Vermont
* Rutland (town), Vermont
*Rutland County, Vermont
*West Rutland, Vermont
West Rutland is ...
, Rutland, Vermont
See also
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Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium
The Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, named for astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, was constructed in the early 1960s as part of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. The facility initially featured a plaster dome and a Goto Optics mechanical star projector ...
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Loomis Chaffee
The Loomis Chaffee School (; LC or Loomis) is a selective independent, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, including postgraduate students, located in Windsor, Connecticut, seven miles north ...
, a school in Windsor, Connecticut
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