Vanar, Arizona

Vanar was a station on the Southern Pacific railroad and populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, right against the border with New Mexico.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 3,917 feet (1,194 m) above sea level.[1] It was originally named Vanarman after Hiram M. Van Arman, and the name was shortened for telegraph purposes in 1905 to Vanar.[3]

Vanar, Arizona
Populated place
Vanar
Location within the state of Arizona
Vanar
Vanar (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°14′28″N 109°05′42″W
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCochise
Elevation3,917 ft (1,194 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code(s)520
FIPS code04-79240
GNIS feature ID24673

The station was along the railroad's route through eastern Arizona constructed in 1880.[4] One of the railroad's work camps was located there.[5] Once a junction was made in March 1881 with eastern rails in Deming, New Mexico, the line was the second transcontinental rail route across the United States.[6]

As of 1915 there was a retail store located there.[7] The following year a post office was established there.[8]

References
  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Vanar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Vanar (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. "Influence of Bad Habit". Arizona Republican. 1905-05-16. p. 5. ISSN 2157-135X. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  4. Soil Survey of the San Simon Area Arizona, p. 585 (1924)
  5. Burns, Allen. A Social and Educational History of Willcox, Arizona, in Rural America: A Social and Educational History of Ten Communities, Vol. 1, p. 150 (1975)
  6. (12 March 1881). Completion of the New Trans-Continental Route, Pacific Rural Press
  7. "Auto Tourist Logs Sunset Short Line". The Benson Signal. 1915-07-10. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  8. "Pension Granted". Bisbee Daily Review. 1916-10-31. p. 5. ISSN 2157-3255. Retrieved 2020-02-21.


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