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Welcome to Chandler ...

Chandler is located in Blount County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chandler, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Chandler is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chandler lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Chandler (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Chandler: 865

Communities Also Named Chandler ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Chandler - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Michigan (4), Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Quebec (3), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Chandler ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blountchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Chandler, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Chandler ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Maryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Ridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Farragut
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Spring Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • McMullens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Lenoir City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cowan Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
  • Aldenwood Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chandler ...

Looking for more information about Chandler? 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 Chandler, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chandler.

Adding Chandler to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chandler 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 Chandler was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chandler post office opened in 1891. The Chandler post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chandler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Blount, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chandler - 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/