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Welcome to Valley Station ...

Valley Station is located in Shelby County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Station: Valley Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Valley Station is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Valley Station ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Valley Station - they are located in Kentucky, Nova Scotia and Washington.

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

Communities near Valley Station ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alabaster
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bessemer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Homewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Helena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Calera
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hueytown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Station ...

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

Footnotes ...

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