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Created page "Chaffee, Missouri"
'''Chaffee''' is a city in northern [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]], [[Missouri]]. The population was 2,955 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Chaffee is among the newer communities established in Scott County. Though older settlements existed in the vicinity, the town itself was not laid out until 1905, when land along the new St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad was purchased from [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]] farmer John Witt and divided into lots. It received its name from the company buying the land, the Chaffee Real Estate Company of [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], which in turn was named for General Adna R. Chaffee, a veteran of the [[Spanish-American War]].<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html</ref>
The town grew rapidly as a place for railroad employees to live and do business.<ref>http://cityofchaffee.com/chf_wp/?page_id=2</ref> Already by 1912, it had a population of about 2,000 and could boast of electric lighting, a prominent hotel, and two factories.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=chaffee&f=false</ref> Various textile manufacturing enterprises sustained Chaffee after the railroad declined in importance; however, their closure in recent years has left the town's economic future in doubt.
==History==
Chaffee is among the newer communities established in Scott County. Though older settlements existed in the vicinity, the town itself was not laid out until 1905, when land along the new St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad was purchased from [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]] farmer John Witt and divided into lots. It received its name from the company buying the land, the Chaffee Real Estate Company of [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], which in turn was named for General Adna R. Chaffee, a veteran of the [[Spanish-American War]].<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html</ref>
The town grew rapidly as a place for railroad employees to live and do business.<ref>http://cityofchaffee.com/chf_wp/?page_id=2</ref> Already by 1912, it had a population of about 2,000 and could boast of electric lighting, a prominent hotel, and two factories.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392#v=onepage&q=chaffee&f=false</ref> Various textile manufacturing enterprises sustained Chaffee after the railroad declined in importance; however, their closure in recent years has left the town's economic future in doubt.