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Welcome to Vansville ...

Vansville is located in Prince George's County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1804.

Vansville is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vansville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Vansville: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Communities near Vansville ...

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

  • Arlington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington is located in Arlington County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 207,627 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <4>
  • Alexandria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gaithersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bowie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowie is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <4>
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <4>
  • Greenbelt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <4>
  • Hyattsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Takoma Park
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Vansville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vansville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vansville ...

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

Adding Vansville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vansville post office opened in 1804. The Vansville post office closed in 1835.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vansville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Prince George's, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vansville - 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 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Vansville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Vansville 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/