Vanderbilt may refer to:
People
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Vanderbilt (surname) Vanderbilt is a surname, and may refer to:
* Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), American authority on etiquette, distant relative of the Vanderbilt family
*Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888–1957), noted American attorney, legal educator, and proponent of cou ...
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Vanderbilt family
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthr ...
Places
In the United States:
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Vanderbilt, California, a former gold-mining town
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Vanderbilt, Michigan
Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 498 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Corwith Township.
Vanderbilt holds the record for the coldest recorded temperature in the state of ...
, a village
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Vanderbilt, Nevada, a ghost town
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Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1940. It is owned and operated by the National Park Service.
The property, historically known as Hyde Park, wa ...
, Hyde Park, NY
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Vanderbilt, Texas, a census-designated place
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Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 414 at the 2020 census, down from 476 at the 2010 census. The town is named for the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is served by the Connellsvill ...
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Vanderbilt Avenue
Vanderbilt Avenue is the name of three thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island. They were named after Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), the builder of Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
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, three New York City streets
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
, a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Vanderbilt Commodores
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National ...
, the athletics program of Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt Museum
The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944), it is located on his former estate, Eagle's Nest.
History
William K. Vanderbi ...
, in Centerport, New York, built with a bequest from William Kissam Vanderbilt II
Other uses
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One Vanderbilt, a skyscraper in New York City
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Vanderbilt Club
Vanderbilt Club was one of the earliest bidding systems in the game of contract bridge. It was devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who had in 1925 devised the game itself. It was published by him in 1929. It was the first strong club system. An up ...
, a bidding system in the game of contract bridge, devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt Cup
The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing.
History
An international event, it was founded by William Kissam Vanderbilt II in 1904 and first held on October 8 on a course set out in Nassau County on Long Island, ...
, in American auto racing
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George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition
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Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance
Clayton Homes (or Clayton) is the largest builder of manufactured housing and modular homes in the United States. It is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
Clayton Homes' corporate headquarters are in Maryville, Tennessee. Its s ...
, specializes in mortgages for manufactured homes
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Vanderbilt Prep
This is a list of notable places seen and featured in the '' Degrassi'' teen drama franchise. All five series of the franchise are set in Toronto with both real and fictional places in the city depicted.
'' Degrassi Junior High'' and '' Degrass ...
, a fictitious private school in ''Degrassi''
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Vanderbilt Trophy
The trophy is awarded for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams national bridge championship held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Vanderbilt is a knock-out team event. The event typicall ...
, a bridge-playing tournament
*''Vanderbilt Tender'', a type of
steam locomotive tender with a round water tank
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USCS ''Vanderbilt'', a survey ship in service with the United States Coast Survey from 1842 to 1855
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USS ''Vanderbilt'', a passenger steamship converted to a cruiser during the American Civil War
See also
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Biltmore (disambiguation) Biltmore may refer to:
Related to the Vanderbilt mansion in North Carolina
* Biltmore Forest, North Carolina, a town in Buncombe County
* Biltmore Village, a village now within Asheville
* The Biltmore Estate, in Biltmore Forest, near Ashevill ...
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Mrs Vandebilt", a song from the Paul McCartney and Wings album ''Band on the Run''
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