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Chaffee

Ghost town · Aiken County, South Carolina

Seivern quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500)
Seivern quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chaffee is a ghost town in Aiken County, South Carolina. It is one of 13 former communities in Aiken County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chaffee as a historical populated place on the Seivern topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.6974° N, 81.4001° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSeivern
Elevation452 ft
Nearest living townWagener, SC
Distance to it3.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1236279
Coordinates33.69737, -81.40010

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What's there now

Chaffee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wagener, SC (population 1,170), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 452 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Chaffee?

Chaffee is in Aiken County, South Carolina, at 33.6974, -81.4001.

How many ghost towns are in Aiken County?

Aiken County, South Carolina has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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