Welcome to Chantilly ...

So far, we found very little information about Chantilly. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chantilly to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chantilly, please Contact Us.

Chantilly would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

The location of Chantilly has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chantilly, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Chantilly is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Chantilly was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Chantilly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Chantilly - they are located in Illinois, North Carolina (2), Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chantilly.

Communities near Chantilly ...

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

• O'Fallon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Fallon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
  • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <5>
• Saint Peters
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peters
  • Saint Peters is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Peters <5>
• Wentzville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentzville
  • Wentzville is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wentzville <5>
• Lake Saint Louis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Louis
  • Lake Saint Louis is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,186 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Saint Louis <5>
• Dardenne Prairie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dardenne Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardenne Prairie
  • Dardenne Prairie is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,397 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dardenne Prairie <5>
• Troy
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <5>
• Warrenton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
  • Warrenton is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,913 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <5>
• Cottleville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottleville
  • Cottleville is located in Saint Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,925 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottleville <5>
• Wright City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
  • Wright City is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,494 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wright City <5>
• Moscow Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Mills
  • Moscow Mills is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow Mills <5>

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 Chantilly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chantilly.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chantilly. 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 Chantilly.

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

Adding Chantilly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chantilly in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Chantilly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Chantilly post office opened in 1840.

We also found Chantilly in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chantilly.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/