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Welcome to Chancellor ...

Chancellor is located in Spotsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chancellor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Chancellor is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Chancellor: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Chancellor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Chancellor - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Mississippi, South Dakota and Texas.

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

Communities near Chancellor ...

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

  • Fredericksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brockroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
  • Leavells
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
  • Todds Tavern
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Todds Tavern is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Tavern
  • Waverly Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Waverly Village is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Village
  • Spotsylvania Courthouse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spotsylvania
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Berea
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Berea is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Dunavant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunavant is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
  • Stafford Lakes Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chancellor ...

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

Adding Chancellor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chancellor 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 Chancellor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Chancellor post office opened in 1920. The Chancellor post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chancellor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Spotsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chancellor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Chancellor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Chancellor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/