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Welcome to Vanar ...

Vanar is located in Cochise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Vanar is 3,910 feet [1,192 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Vanar is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Vanar lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Vanar: 520

Communities near Vanar ...

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

  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass
  • San Simon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cotton City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
  • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
  • Hilltop ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Shakespeare ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Former name for Shakespeare:
    • Ralston City
  • Paradise
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Paradise is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Portal
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Bowie
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vanar ...

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

Adding Vanar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vanar 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 Vanar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vanar post office opened in 1915. The Vanar post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vanar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/