Welcome to Vandalia ...The city of Vandalia is located in Fayette County<1> and is the County Seat for Fayette County. The pronunciation of Vandalia: van-DAYL-yuh<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Vandalia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Vandalia has a population of 6,683 people<3> (see below for details). Vandalia is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Vandalia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for Vandalia: 62471<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Vandalia had an population of 6,683 people. This is a decrease of 5.1% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Vandalia had a population of 7,042 people (which is 31.82% of the total population of Fayette County). This makes Vandalia the county's most populous community. The population of Vandalia represents 0.05% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 283rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,042 people, the population of Vandalia has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,975 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Vandalia. Communities Also Named Vandalia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Vandalia - they are located in Indiana (2), Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vandalia. Communities near Vandalia ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vandalia.
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 Vandalia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vandalia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vandalia. 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 Vandalia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vandalia. Our list includes 29 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Vandalia. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vandalia ...Looking for more information about Vandalia? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Vandalia, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Vandalia. Adding Vandalia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Vandalia 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 Vandalia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Vandalia. Footnotes ...
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