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Chats,_California Latitude and Longitude:
39°46′27″N 120°04′24″W / 39.77417°N 120.07333°W / 39.77417; -120.07333
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Chats
Former settlement
Chats is located in California
Chats
Chats
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°46′27″N 120°04′24″W / 39.77417°N 120.07333°W / 39.77417; -120.07333
Country United States
State California
County Lassen County
Elevation
[1]
4,810 ft (1,466 m)

Chats (also, Chat) [2] is a former settlement in Lassen County, California. [1] It was located on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Beckwourth Pass and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Summit, [2] at an elevation of 4810 feet (1466 m). [1] Chats still appeared on maps as of 1894. [1]

The Chat post office operated from 1885 to 1894, and from 1896 to 1900. [2] The name is of Native American origin. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chats, California
  2. ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 363-364. ISBN  1-884995-14-4.


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