Lake Chaffee is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in the northwest part of the town of Ashford, Windham County,

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

, United States. It is a residential community surrounding

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 ...

, a small water body formed in the early 20th century by damming an area of wetlands. Connecticut Route 89 (Ference Road) forms the eastern edge of the CDP, leading north to Interstate 84 and south to U.S. Route 44 at Warrenville. Lake Chaffee was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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Census-designated places in Windham County, Connecticut Census-designated places in Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub