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] 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]
