Official Name: | Chesaw, Washington |
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 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1890s |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 360 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Chesaw is an unincorporated community 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. Chesaw now hosts an annual rodeo held every .