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From Wikipedia’s history of Chandlerville Township.
Chandlerville was named for its founder, Dr. Charles Chandler.
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History · Chandlerville Township
Chandlerville Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1932 on.
1856first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Chandlerville Township began
When was Chandlerville Township founded?
1856
The Chandlerville Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 458170 years
Founding year: the first Chandlerville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Chandlerville Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Chandlerville Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chandlerville Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Chandlerville Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1930s1 item
19321940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2024
2024
2024
2012
2012Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewIllinois, Chandlerville quadrangle, 1932
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Chandlerville Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Gone or out of use
Dick SchoolschoolLynn SchoolschoolWilson Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Chandlerville Township
HarbisonHickeyMount Olive
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Bath TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKilbourne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPanther Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSangamon Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLynchburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Chandlerville Township’s history
What year was Chandlerville Township founded?
The Chandlerville Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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 (6), Wikipedia 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.