Vanoss is an unincorporated community in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States.

[2] The community is located 10 miles west of Ada.

[4] When the Oklahoma Central Railroad was built, the townspeople moved the town so it would be next to the railroad,[4] and they changed its name to Vanoss in honor of Salomon Frederik van Oss [nl] (S.F.

Vanoss), who was a Dutch director and financier of the Oklahoma Central Railroad.

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