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Welcome to Peeples Valley ...

Peeples Valley is located in Yavapai County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peeples Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1928.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Peeples Valley for more information about variations on the name of Peeples Valley.

Peeples Valley is 4,480 feet [1,366 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Peeples Valley is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Peeples Valley lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Peeples Valley: 928

Communities near Peeples Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Peeples 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 Peeples Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peeples Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peeples Valley ...

Looking for more information about Peeples 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Peeples Valley, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Peeples Valley.

Adding Peeples Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peeples Valley post office opened in 1928.

We also found Peeples Valley on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peeples Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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