Do you know of Vandiver ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vandiver. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Vandiver.<1>
Our sources for Vandiver (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Vandiver other than they indicate that Vandiver would be found somewhere in Rabun County, Georgia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1901.
Communities Also Named Vandiver ...
We found three communities that share the name Vandiver.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Vandiver.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Vandiver [Franklin County].
- Franklin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vandiver ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vandiver:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Vandiver - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Rabun County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rabun County.
| Bramblett | |
| Mathis | |
| Chechero | Moccasin |
| Checkero | |
| Claytonsville | Quartz |
| Creede | |
| Rabun Gap | |
| Dividings | |
| Saw Tooth | |
| Essie | Spruce |
| Grove | Wolf Fork |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |