Vanderbilt, TX

Vanderbilt is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jackson County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census counted 409 residents. Vanderbilt was established in 1904, built around the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway station of the old Mitchell spread in the George Ewing league. The community has served as a trade center for local farmers and traders. The closest colleges to Vanderbilt are Victoria College, Wharton County Junior College, and Coastal Bend College. That mix gives Vanderbilt a clear local shape within Texas, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Vanderbilt is 13 miles by road south of Edna, the county seat. Vanderbilt is home to Industrial High School Cobras.