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Chandler, Colorado

Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.3731°N 105.2005°W / 38.3731; -105.2005 (Chandler, Colorado)
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Chandler, Colorado
Chandler is located in the United States
Chandler
Chandler
Location of Chandler, Colorado.
Chandler is located in Colorado
Chandler
Chandler
Chandler (Colorado)
Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.3731°N 105.2005°W / 38.3731; -105.2005 (Chandler, Colorado)[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyFremont[1]
Elevation5,738 ft (1,749 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code[3]
Area code719
GNIS pop ID204919

Chandler is an extinct coal company town located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States.[4]

History

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Chandler was a company coal mining town owned and operated by the Victor-American Fuel Company.[5] It is located south of State Highway 115 along a county road named Chandler Road, west of Williamsburg, Colorado and north of Rockvale, Colorado. The Chandler, Colorado, post office operated from August 4, 1890, until October 31, 1942.[6] It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942.[7] The town is now completely depopulated.[8] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population.[9]

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References

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  1. ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Chandler, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  3. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chandler, Colorado
  5. ^ Dalrymple, James; King, Henry P. (1916). "Fourth Annual Report of the State Inspector of Coal Mines". Colorado Coal Mining Department. p. 26. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
  7. ^ "Chandler". Coloradopast.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  8. ^ Coriz, Dena Stevens (11 March 2007). "Chandler Still Haunts Colorado". Blogs. Active Rain.
  9. ^ Eaton, M. Kathleen (10 April 2010). "Now & Then: Asian Americans in Fremont County – Laundries, Chandler Coal Mine Strike, and State Prison, 1880-1933". Now and Then. Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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