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Welcome to Vanderbilt ...

Vanderbilt is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

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.<2> 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 leave Vanderbilt and travel east, 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<3>

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 10 communities that are near Vanderbilt.

  • Nipton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cima
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Pass
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Abbottsville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Abbottsville is located in Clark County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
  • Cal-Nev-Ari
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Primm
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Searchlight
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Emerald City ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerald City is located in Clark County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald City
  • Rosalie
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rosalie is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
    • Rosalie has also been known as:
    • Valley Wells Station
    • Valley Wells
  • Goffs
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Goffs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs

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 (so far) for Vanderbilt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vanderbilt post office opened in 1893. The Vanderbilt post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanderbilt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vanderbilt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Vanderbilt area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Vanderbilt area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/