Fernando Chacón was a Spanish soldier who served as a governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, modern day New Mexico, between 1794 and 1804.

He also ordered the Mayor of Santa Fe, Antonio Jose Ortiz, to deliver legal possession of the lands to people who wanted to have them, based on the conditions and the requirements needed in such cases.

[6] Also on January 23, 1800 Chacon granted a request by thirty people of Albuquerque to settle at Cebolleta and establish a town in this place.

[7] In 1800 Chacon organized a military campaign against the Navajo people in the Tunicha Mountains, but twenty chiefs asked for peace.

[8] By decree of Nemesio Salcedo, on May 3, 1804, Chacón sent an expedition to Northern New Mexico in order to find Lewis and Clark, who had begun their exploratory trip four months earlier.