Chesaw, Washington

A cabin in Chesaw

A False Front building in Chesaw

A side view of a False Front building in Chesaw

Chesaw is a ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington.^[1] Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.^[2] The town sprang up and thrived during a brief gold rush from 1896 to 1900.^[2]

Notes and references

Municipalities and communities of Okanogan County, Washington, United States County seat: Okanogan Cities Brewster Okanogan Omak Oroville Pateros Tonasket Towns Conconully Coulee Dam‡ Elmer City Nespelem Riverside Twisp Winthrop CDPs Disautel Loomis Malott Methow Nespelem Community North Omak Unincorporated communities Aeneas Azwell Carlton Ellisford Havillah Mason City Mazama Monse Nighthawk Olema Rocky Butte Synarep Wauconda Indian reservation Colville Indian Reservation‡ Ghost towns Bodie Chesaw Golden Molson Loop Loop Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties