Vanar was a station on the Southern Pacific railroad and

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situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to the border with New Mexico. The community was originally named Vanarman after Hiram M. Van Arman, and the name was shortened for telegraph purposes in 1905 to Vanar. The station was along the railroad's route through eastern Arizona, constructed in 1880.Soil Survey of the San Simon Area Arizona
p. 585 (1924) One of the railroad's work camps was located there.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) Once a junction was made in March 1881 with eastern rails in

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, the line was the second transcontinental rail route across the United States.(12 March 1881)
Completion of the New Trans-Continental Route
''Pacific Rural Press'' As of 1915, there was a retail store located there. The following year a post office was established there.

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{{authority control Populated places in Cochise County, Arizona