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Welcome to Vandercook ...

Vandercook is located in Vermilion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vandercook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Vandercook is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vandercook lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Vandercook (for example, toward Covington (IN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Vandercook: 217 & 447<3>

Communities Also Named Vandercook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vandercook - it's located in Michigan.

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

Communities near Vandercook ...

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

  • Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Westville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Covington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Catlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Catlin is located in Vermilion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <4>
  • Oakwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rossville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Homer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Homer is located in Champaign County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
  • Cayuga
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <4>
  • Ridge Farm
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vandercook ...

Looking for more information about Vandercook? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Vandercook, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vandercook.

Adding Vandercook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vandercook in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Vandercook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vandercook post office opened in 1881. The Vandercook post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vandercook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Vermilion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vandercook - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Vandercook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Vandercook area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/