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Vandling’s post office opened in 1893, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Vandling began

When was Vandling founded?

1893

The Vandling post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1899.

2020 census: 730133 years
Founding year: the first Vandling post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1899.

What stands out about Vandling’s past

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The story so far

Vandling, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Vandling yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Vandling is a borough in the northeastern corner of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 730 at the 2020 census. It is located immediately south of Forest City (population 1,911), which is in Susquehanna County.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 751 to 730 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Vandling, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Vandling

Nobody well known was born in Vandling itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henry Augustus RowlandAmerican physicist · b. 1848
Lyman LemnitzerAmerican general · b. 1899
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Bill SienkiewiczAmerican artist · b. 1958
Pat O'MalleyAmerican stage and film actor · b. 1890
Jennie Augusta BrownscombeAmerican painter · b. 1850
Mary Dimmick HarrisonSecond wife of the 23rd United States president… · b. 1858
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Vandling had its own post office from 1893 to 1960.

Vandling
1893–1960
18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Vandling’s history

What year was Vandling founded?

The Vandling post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1899.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.