Welcome to Lower Valley ...

Lower Valley is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

The location of Lower Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lower Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

Lower Valley is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Lower Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Lower Valley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lower Valley, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Lower Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lower Valley.

• Easton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
  • Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <4>
• Morristown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
  • Morristown has also been known as:
  • New Hanover
  • West Hanover
• Dover
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Dover is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
• Phillipsburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
• Hackettstown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Clinton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• East Bangor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Bangor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
  • East Bangor is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
• Portland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Portland is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
• Beattystown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown
  • Beattystown is located in Warren County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lower Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lower Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lower Valley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Valley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Lower Valley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lower Valley ...

Looking for more information about Lower Valley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lower Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lower Valley.

Adding Lower Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lower Valley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lower Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lower Valley post office opened in 1866.

We also found Lower Valley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lower Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/