Chardon is a former settlement Butte County

Butte County, California

Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 220,000. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."Butte County is watered by the...

, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. It was located on the railroad between Oroville Junction

Oroville Junction, California

Oroville Junction is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It is located west of Oroville on the abandoned right of way of the Sacramento Northern Railroad, at an elevation of 164 feet ....

 (formerly, Tres Vias) and East Biggs

East Biggs, California

East Biggs is a small unincorporated community in Butte County, California. Its zip code is 95917 and its area code is 530. It lies at an elevation of 121 feet .The town was founded on the Northern Electric Railroad...

 (formerly, Rio Bonito), 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Oroville

Oroville, California

Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...

. The place was named for Charles Langdon, an early settler. A post office operated at Chardon from 1894 to 1907. In 1897, the townsite and post office were moved 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest from its original site.