The story
Read it all →How Chacra came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Chacra.
Chacra has never had its own post office. The Glenwood Springs, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 81601) serves the area.
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History · Chacra
21% of Chacra’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Canyon (Canon) Creek School, District No. 32. Below: maps from 1962 on.
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Chacra’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Chacra’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chacra’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Chacra, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2017On the map
Chacra on the map, 1962 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chacra. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Storm King Mountain sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chacra.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Chacra
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
Canyon (Canon) Creek School, District No. 32
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Rural Schoolhouse1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Chacra
Nobody well known was born in Chacra itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Alice McKennisAmerican alpine skier · b. 1989
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Hailey SwirbulAmerican cross-country skier · b. 1998
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Gone or out of use
Revelation Group Minemine
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Chacra’s history
What is on the National Register in Chacra?
One place: the Canyon (Canon) Creek School, District No. 32 (listed 2004).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.