Vanar, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

32°14′28″N 109°05′42″W / 32.24111°N 109.09500°W / 32.24111; -109.09500CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCochiseElevation

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3,918 ft (1,194 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-79240GNIS feature ID24673^[1]

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]

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

^ ^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.