Welcome to Valley Forge ...

So far, we found very little information about Valley Forge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Valley Forge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Valley Forge - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Valley Forge, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Valley Forge , we believe that it would have been located within present day Smith County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Forge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Time Zone: The area where Valley Forge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Valley Forge still existed, it would have been in the (785) area code.

Communities Also Named Valley Forge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Valley Forge - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri (2), Pennsylvania (2) and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley Forge.

Adding Valley Forge to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Valley Forge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Valley Forge post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Valley Forge.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valley Forge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/