Chassell (/tʃæ.səl/ CHAH-səl) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

In 1863, Francis Jacker built one of the first buildings in the area, a log cabin close to the mouth of the Sturgeon River.

In 1867, John Chassell (1814–1883) of New York, purchased farmland from the St. Mary's Canal and Land Company where the community is now located.

Chassell sold his land in 1881 to Orrin W. Robinson, manager of the Sturgeon River Lumber Company and later Lieutenant Governor of Michigan.

By that time, the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway had extended a line to the area with a stop at Chassell.