Chandler | |
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Mining
ghost town | |
Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.3731°N 105.2005°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Fremont |
Elevation | 5,738 ft (1,749 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 81212
[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 204919 [2] |
Chandler is an extinct coal company town located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. [3] The Chandler post office operated from August 4, 1890, until October 31, 1942. [4]
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. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942. [6] The town is now completely depopulated. [7] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population. [8]
Chandler | |
---|---|
Mining
ghost town | |
Coordinates: 38°22′23″N 105°12′02″W / 38.3731°N 105.2005°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Fremont |
Elevation | 5,738 ft (1,749 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 81212
[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 204919 [2] |
Chandler is an extinct coal company town located south of the Lincoln Park area near Cañon City in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. [3] The Chandler post office operated from August 4, 1890, until October 31, 1942. [4]
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. It was originally homesteaded in the 1880s, and the last ore was hauled out in 1942. [6] The town is now completely depopulated. [7] Chandler was home to a significant Asian-American mining population. [8]