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CHANDLER, TEXASHenderson County,
East Texas
Highway 31 and FM 317
25 miles NE of Athens
10 miles SW of Tyler
Population: 2,100 (2000)
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The
old depot in Chandler
Photo courtesy Lori Martin, January 2006 |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally
called Stillwater, the community was two miles north of the
present location. A post office under that name opened in early 1873.
Alphonso H. Chandler became the town's namesake when he donated land
for a railroad right-of-way.
Although
there are no population figures available, the town had all essential
businesses by1890. Chandler had nearly 650 people by the mid 1930s
and twenty businesses. With the decline of cotton, the local economy
switched to raising fruit. Chandler's first mayor was elected in 1960.
The population has risen in recent years - to the present figure of
just over 2,000. |
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