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Welcome to Vandever ...

Vandever is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vandever, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Vandever is 1,960 feet [597 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Vandever (for example, toward Lakemont Heights), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Vandever: 931

Communities near Vandever ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Crossville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfield Glade
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Newton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • Spring City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pikeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Center Ford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
  • Greenbriar Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vandever ...

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

Adding Vandever to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vandever post office opened in 1900. The Vandever post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vandever.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vandever - 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/