Editing Vandalia, Michigan (section)

==History==
{{Further|Kentucky raid on Cass County Underground Railroad}}
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Village of Vandalia, Michigan – Home |url=http://villageofvandaliami.com/home.html |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=villageofvandaliami.com}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

Vandalia hosted a station of the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/MI/200003147.html Underground Railroad Activity in Southwestern Michigan]. ''Local Legacies'', [[Library of Congress]].</ref> An Underground Railroad memorial sign resides at Milo E. Barnes Park just off M-60.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130129030613/http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=S0137.htm The Underground Railroad (Registered Site S0137)]}}. ''Michigan Historical Markers''.</ref> Other locations in [[Penn Township, Michigan|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]].