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Welcome to Coal Valley ...

Coal Valley is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coal Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for Coal Valley: Coal Vly. (or less commonly used: Coal Vally. or Coal Vlly.)

Coal Valley is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Coal Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Coal Valley: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Coal Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Coal Valley - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Coal Valley ...

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

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 Coal Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coal Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Coal 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 Coal Valley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coal Valley ...

Looking for more information about Coal 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 Coal Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Coal Valley.

Adding Coal Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coal 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 Coal Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Coal Valley post office opened in 1891.

We also found Coal Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coal Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Coal Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Coal Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/