Vina was first known as Jones Crossroads and later as New Burleson before the railroad came through the area. In the early 1900s, the Illinois Central Railroad was built through Jones Crossroads, and the town’s name was changed to Vina because an engineer on a train had a wife named Elvina whom he called Viney. The first store was established by Weatherford and Wren in 1906. The first shipment of goods delivered by train to Vina arrived in 1907, and the first post office was granted that same year with W.H. Weatherford as postmaster. Eighty acres of land owned by Mr. Rollins and Mr. Wilson were purchased for settlement and became the present location of Vina. The town was incorporated in 1909, the first passenger train came through on January 10, 1910, and the first ordinance on record was passed on November 2, 1914, with A.W. Wright as mayor and P.M. Spencer as clerk.