Welcome to Vandyke ...Vandyke is located Vandyke is located in Comanche County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Vandyke, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. Vandyke is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Vandyke lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Vandyke - they are located in Delaware, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vandyke. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vandyke. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vandyke. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vandyke. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vandyke. 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 Vandyke. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vandyke. See our Newspapers Page for Vandyke. Looking for more information about Vandyke? 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 Vandyke, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vandyke. We originally found mention of Vandyke 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 Vandyke was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Vandyke.
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