Welcome to Vanderbilt ...

Vanderbilt is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

The location of Vanderbilt has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanderbilt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Vanderbilt is 4,280 feet [1,305 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Vanderbilt is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Vanderbilt lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Vanderbilt, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area codes for Vanderbilt: (760) & (442)<4>

Communities Also Named Vanderbilt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Vanderbilt - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Texas.

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

Communities near Vanderbilt ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Vanderbilt.

• Nipton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipton
  • Nipton is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nipton <5>
• Cima
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cima
  • Cima is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cima <5>
• Mountain Pass
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Pass
  • Mountain Pass is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Pass <5>
• Abbottsville ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Abbottsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
  • Abbottsville is located in Clark County (NV)
• Cal-Nev-Ari
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cal-Nev-Ari
  • Cal-Nev-Ari is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cal-Nev-Ari <5>
• Primm
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm
  • Primm is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Primm <5>
• Searchlight
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searchlight
  • Searchlight is located in Clark County (NV)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Searchlight <5>
• Emerald City ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald City
  • Emerald City is located in Clark County (NV)
• Goffs
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs
  • Goffs is located in San Bernardino County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vanderbilt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vanderbilt.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vanderbilt ...

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

Adding Vanderbilt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vanderbilt 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 for Vanderbilt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Vanderbilt post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanderbilt.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vanderbilt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/