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Welcome to Vanadium ...

Vanadium is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vanadium, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Vanadium is 6,010 feet [1,832 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Vanadium is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Vanadium lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Vanadium (for example, toward Duncan (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Vanadium: 575

Communities Also Named Vanadium ...

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

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

Communities near Vanadium ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vanadium ...

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

Adding Vanadium to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vanadium 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 Vanadium was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vanadium post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vanadium.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vanadium - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/