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 | 3,917 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 |
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] It has an estimated elevation of 3,917 feet (1,194 m) above sea level.[1] 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]
