Chalfant Valley, California

Chalfant is a census-designated place in Mono County, California. It is located on the abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad 22mi south-southeast of Benton, at an elevation of 4258 feet . The population was 651 at the 2010 census.Chalfant is a small, primarily residential community located 14mi north of the City of Bishop in Inyo County on U.S. Route 6. Most residents commute to Bishop for work and school.The Chalfant post office operated from 1913 to 1928. The ZIP Code is 93514. The community is inside area codes 442 and 760.The town is named after Arthur Chalfant, newspaper publisher and settler of 1870.A 6.2 earthquake occurred on July 21, 1986 in Bishop and Chalfant areas, and injured two people, causing damages estimated at $2.7 million. There was a foreshock before the initial quake and another aftershock occurred ten days after the initial temblor. Smaller aftershocks occurred through September 30, 1986.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 28.1 square miles (72.6 km²), 99.90% of it land, and 0.10% of it water.