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Welcome to Valley Creek ...

Valley Creek is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Creek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Creek: Valley Crk. (or less commonly used: Valley Ck. or Valley Cr.)

Valley Creek is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Valley Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Valley Creek - they are located in Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Valley Creek ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alabaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bessemer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Homewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pelham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hueytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Creek ...

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

Adding Valley Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Creek 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 (so far) for Valley Creek was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Creek - 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 Valley Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Creek 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.