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Welcome to Vandalia ...

Vandalia is located in Guilford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vandalia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Vandalia is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vandalia: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Vandalia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Vandalia - they are located in Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, 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.

  • Greensboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • High Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Burlington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Thomasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kernersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Elon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Elon is located in Alamance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
  • Archdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Summerfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibsonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Ridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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. 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Vandalia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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.<5>

From that list, the Vandalia post office opened in 1884. The Vandalia post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vandalia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Guilford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vandalia - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Vandalia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Vandalia 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/