Chats (also, Chat) is a former settlement in

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. It was located on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway east-southeast of

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and southeast of

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, at an elevation of 4810 feet (1466 m). Chats still appeared on maps as of 1894. The Chat post office operated from 1885 to 1894, and from 1896 to 1900. The name is of Native American origin.

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Former settlements in Lassen County, California Former populated places in California {{LassenCountyCA-geo-stub