Local History

Stephen Bogue and Charles P. Ball built a grist mill here in Penn Township in 1848-49, and in 1851 laid out the village.  Asa Kingsbury became its first merchant.  The Michigan Central Railroad came through in 1871 and gave it a station.  Incorporated as a village in 1875.  Believed to have been named after Vandalia, N.Y.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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