page_title: Vandalia, Indiana
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Vandalia, Indiana / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Vandalia's historic one-room schoolhouse
context_page_description: Vandalia is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
context_section_description: Vandalia was laid out in 1839. A post office was established at Vandalia in 1846, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1927. Two remaining landmarks and reminders of Vandalia's past are the historic chapel (built in 1895) and one-room schoolhouse (building completed in 1868), preserved and maintained by the Vandalia Community Preservation Association.
caption: Vandalia, Indiana Historic One-Room School
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