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Welcome to Vanderville ...

Vanderville is located in Christian County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanderville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Vanderville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vanderville: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Vanderville ...

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

  • Taylorville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hillsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Pana
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pana is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pana <4>
  • Pawnee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nokomis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kincaid
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Assumption
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Morrisonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Raymond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vanderville ...

Looking for more information about Vanderville? 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 Vanderville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vanderville.

Adding Vanderville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vanderville 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 Vanderville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vanderville post office opened in 1894. The Vanderville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanderville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Christian, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vanderville - 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 Vanderville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Vanderville 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/