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Welcome to Chalender ...

Chalender is located in Coconino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chalender, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Chalender is 6,860 feet [2,091 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Chalender is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Chalender lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Chalender: 928

Communities near Chalender ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chalender.

  • Williams
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Parks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Williams Junction is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Junction
  • Bellemont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Corva ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Corva is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corva
  • Kachina Village
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Flagstaff
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Mountainaire
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountainaire is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainaire
  • Ash Fork
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Drake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Drake is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Chalender. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chalender.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chalender. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chalender.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chalender. See our Newspapers Page for Chalender.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chalender ...

Looking for more information about Chalender? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Chalender, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chalender.

Adding Chalender to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chalender in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Chalender was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chalender post office opened in 1883. The Chalender post office closed in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chalender.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Coconino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chalender - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/