Chesaw, Washington

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|official_name = Chesaw, Washington

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|image_skyline = Side of a False Front Building in Chesaw WA.jpg

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|image_caption = A side view of a false front building in Chesaw

|pushpin_map = Washington#USA

|pushpin_label = Chesaw

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Washington

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Okanogan

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|established_title = Established

|established_date = 1890s

|unit_pref = Imperial

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 2914

|coordinates = {{Coord|48|56|46|N|119|03|05|W|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

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|area_code = 360

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|blank1_info = 1517666{{GNIS|1517666}}

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Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington.

Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}} The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900. Chesaw now hosts an annual rodeo held every {{not a typo|4th of July}}.

File:Photograph of a Cabin in Chesaw WA.jpg|A cabin in Chesaw

File:False Front Building in Chesaw WA.jpg|A false front building in Chesaw

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