Do you know of Vanderbilt ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vanderbilt. 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 Vanderbilt.<1>

Our sources for Vanderbilt (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 Vanderbilt other than they indicate that Vanderbilt would be found somewhere in Linn County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1862 and closed in 1863.

Communities Also Named Vanderbilt ...

We found nine communities that share the name Vanderbilt.

Within Iowa, the name Vanderbilt is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Vanderbilt [Jefferson County].
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Vanderbilt [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
  - Ouray County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Vanderbilt [Ouray County].
- Florida
  - Collier County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Vanderbilt [Collier County].
- Michigan
  - Otsego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Vanderbilt [Otsego County].
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Vanderbilt [Eureka County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Vanderbilt [Fayette County].
- South Dakota
  - Campbell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Vanderbilt [Campbell County].
- Texas
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vanderbilt [Jackson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vanderbilt ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vanderbilt:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Linn County ...

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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 Linn County.

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>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Vanderbilt could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/