Map of Vandalia village, Michigan

Vandalia is a village in Penn Township within Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 301 at the 2010 census. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area sometimes referred to as Michiana.

Vandalia village overview:
Name:	Vandalia village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Cass County
Incorporated:	1875 (village)
Elevation:	879 ft (268 m)
Total Area:	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km²)
Land Area:	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	318
Population Density:	321.86/sq mi (124.22/km²)
Area code:	269
FIPS code:	2681680
GNISfeature ID:	1615496

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History

The Village of Vandalia was incorporated in 1875 all in thanks to Stephen Bogue and Charles P. Ball who in the years of 1848-49 built a gristmill on this settlement that soon would be call Vandalia.

On July 8 1850, Theron J Wilcox was the colony’s first postmaster and Ada Kinsbury is credited with being the area’s first merchant. and the Michigan Central Railroad built a station in 1871.

Vandalia hosted a station of the Underground Railroad. An Underground Railroad memorial sign resides at Milo E. Barnes Park just off M-60. Other locations in Penn Township, in which Vandalia is located, also were affiliated with the Underground Railroad.

Vandalia is also known as the nearest incorporated community to the defunct Rainbow Farm.