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Welcome to Vulcan ...

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

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

Vulcan would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vulcan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vulcan is 8,920 feet [2,719 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Vulcan is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Vulcan was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities Also Named Vulcan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Vulcan - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Vulcan ...

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

  • Gunnison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Powderhorn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Iola ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Iola is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
  • Parlin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Almont
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Ohio City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Baldwin ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Baldwin is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
  • Bowerman ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
    • Bowerman has also been known as:
    • Camp Bowerman
    • Nugget City
  • Cimarron
    (30 miles [48.3 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 Vulcan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vulcan.

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

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

Adding Vulcan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vulcan post office opened in 1895. The Vulcan post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vulcan.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Vulcan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gunnison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vulcan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Vulcan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Vulcan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/