Welcome to Chaffee County Colorado
 

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Website updated with new data July 30, 2007

 Chaffee County, named after Jerome Chaffee, was created out of the southern portion of Lake County on February 10, 1879.

Salida, founded in 1880, is the county seat of Chaffee County, Colorado.

 

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