Official Name: | Chambers, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Apache |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 5755 |
Coordinates: | 35.1886°N -109.4331°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 86502 |
Area Code: | 928 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 24356 |
Chambers is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Chambers is located at the junction of Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 191, 45miles northeast of Holbrook. Chambers has a post office with ZIP code 86502.[1]
Chambers was named after Edward Chambers, Vice President of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad system. Chambers was responsible for opening the town's first post office in 1907.
While not named after him, Charles Chambers was responsible for setting up a small trading post in Chambers, Arizona. The name was changed to Halloysite for a period in honor of clay that was mined nearby, but changed back to Chambers on June 1, 1930.[2]
The population of Chambers was estimated as 150 in the 1960 census.[3]