Welcome to Vanadium ...

So far, we found very little information about Vanadium. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Vanadium to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Vanadium, please Contact Us.

Vanadium would have been located within present day San Miguel County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanadium, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vanadium is 7,740 feet [2,359 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Vanadium is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Vanadium was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Vanadium once stood is in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Vanadium ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vanadium - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Vanadium ...

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

• Telluride
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
  • Telluride is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telluride <4>
• Mountain Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
  • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <4>
• Ouray
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouray
  • Ouray is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ouray <4>
• Ridgway
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
  • Ridgway is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
• Silverton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <4>
• Rico
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rico have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
  • Rico is located in Dolores County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rico <4>
• Ophir
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <4>
• Vance Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vance Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance Junction
  • Vance Junction is located in San Miguel County
• Keystone ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Keystone is located in San Miguel County
• Placerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in San Miguel County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <4>

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

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

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

Adding Vanadium to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vanadium 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 Vanadium was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Vanadium post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanadium.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Miguel County: www.sanmiguelcounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/