Vanar was a station on the Southern Pacific railroad and populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to the border with New Mexico.[2] The community was originally named Vanarman after Hiram M. Van Arman, and the name was shortened for telegraph purposes in 1905 to Vanar.[3]
Vanar, Arizona | |
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  Vanar Location within the state of Arizona  Vanar Vanar (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°14′28″N 109°05′42″W / 32.24111°N 109.09500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 3,918 ft (1,194 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-79240 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24673[1] |
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
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vanar, Arizona
- ^ "Vanar (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Influence of Bad Habit". Arizona Republican. 1905-05-16. p. 5. ISSN 2157-135X. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ Soil Survey of the San Simon Area Arizona, p. 585 (1924)
- ^ 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)
- ^ (12 March 1881). Completion of the New Trans-Continental Route, Pacific Rural Press
- ^ "Auto Tourist Logs Sunset Short Line". The Benson Signal. 1915-07-10. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "Pension Granted". Bisbee Daily Review. 1916-10-31. p. 5. ISSN 2157-3255. Retrieved 2020-02-21.