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Chaflin Bridge, Illinois

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Chaflin Bridge is an unincorporated community in the historic Mitchie Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It lies on the old Bluff Road in the American Bottoms between Fults and the old site of Valmeyer and near Maeystown.

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Chaflin Bridge, Illinois
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N 38.211944444444 ° E -90.268611111111 °
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Bluff Road 4701
62295
Illinois, United States
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