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Chandler’s post office opened in 1886, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940 Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.
1886 first post office
0 on the National Register
25% homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Chandler began When was Chandler founded? 1886
The Chandler post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 225 in 1910 2020 census: 279 140 years
What stands out about Chandler’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Chandler’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chandler’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album. People over time
Chandler, census by census 0 100 200 300 400 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak: 388 Peaked at 388 in 1960; 279 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chandler’s Wikipedia page.
The story How Chandler came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Chandler.
Read it all → A post office has been in operation at Chandler since 1886. The city was named for John Alonzo Chandler, a railroad official.
Chandler Air Force Station was located just south of town from 1951 though 1969, home to 787th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.
On June 16, 1992, Chandler was struck by a devastating F5 tornado that completely destroyed half of the town, most of which has since been rebuilt.
The Fenton Wind Farm, a 137-turbine wind farm near Chandler, became operational in 2007.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade
Chandler, decade by decade On the map Chandler on the map, 1967 to 1985 Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chandler. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1967Chandler sheet · 1:24,000 1967 1985 ▶ Play
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chandler.
Famous people Famous people close to Chandler Nobody well known was born in Chandler itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
See all → Places that used to be Places now gone Chandler’s post office has been open since 1886.
Gone or out of use Chandlerlocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.
Questions about Chandler’s history What year was Chandler founded? The Chandler post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Town Square → Start a conversation
What used to stand where something else is now in Chandler? → Who remembers Chandler in the 1950s? → A family story from old Chandler → Does anyone have photos of Chandler from the 1990s? → 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 (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
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