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History · Chandler Township

Chandler Township’s post office opened in 1907

Below: maps from 1974 on.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Chandler Township began

When was Chandler Township founded?

1907

The Chandler Township post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Chandler (1907), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 14119 years
Founding year: the first Chandler Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Chandler Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Chandler Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chandler Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Chandler Township is a township in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 13 to 14 (+8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Chandler Township, 1907 to 1974

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Chandler post office opens
  3. 1929Post officeThe Chandler post office closes
  4. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Chandler Township on the map, 1974 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chandler Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Chandler Township on the 1974 USGS mapChandler Township on the 1980 USGS map1974Pearl Butte NW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chandler Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Chandler, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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.

Taylor Butte Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAshby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Chandler Township’s history

What year was Chandler Township founded?

The Chandler Township post office opened in 1907, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.