Chaires, Florida

About Chaires

Chaires is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Florida.

Chaires holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.27 square miles.

📰 Chaires News Today

• Chaires LLWS score recap: Florida beats South Carolina, 8-1, to advance Tallahassee Democrat · Aug 7
• Meet the Chaires Little League World Series 2026 team in regionals Yahoo Sports · Aug 5
• Chaires little league baseball heads on the road to compete in state tournament wctv.tv · Jul 24
• Chaires Capitola stuns Lake Mary, wins Florida Little League title - Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota Herald-Tribune · Jul 27
• Chaires Little League World Series recap: Florida eliminated in loss to Tennessee Tallahassee Democrat · Aug 10

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Chaires Unique

• The only place in America named Chaires — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern Florida, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Tallahassee (7 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Chaires

• Backwoods Crossing
• Waffle House — american
• Casa Grande — mexican
• Lulu's La Mexicana — mexican
• The Red Shed

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Tallahassee Automobile Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chaires

• Apalachee Regional Park reviews ★
• J. R. Alford Greenway reviews ★
• Lafayette Heritage Trail Park reviews ★
• Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway reviews ★
• Chaires Capitola Community Park reviews ★
• L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway Crump Road Parking Area reviews ★
• Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway Thornton Road Parking Area reviews ★
• Pedrick Pond Park reviews ★
• Seminole Airfield R/C Airport reviews ★
• Woodrun Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Chaires

🏘️ Nearby Communities