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Welcome to Dry Valley ...Dry Valley is located Dry Valley is located in Montague County<1>. The location of Dry 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 Dry Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. A typical abbreviation for Dry Valley: Dry Vly. (or less commonly used: Dry Vally. or Dry Vlly.) Dry Valley is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Dry Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Dry Valley is located in the (940) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Dry Valley - they are located in Alabama (2), Idaho, Missouri, Nevada and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dry Valley. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dry Valley. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dry Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dry Valley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dry 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 Dry Valley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Dry Valley. Looking for more information about Dry 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 Dry Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dry Valley. We originally found mention of Dry Valley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dry Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dry Valley.
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