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Welcome to Longvale ...

Longvale is located in Mendocino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Longvale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Longvale is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Longvale lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Longvale: 707 & 369<3>

Communities near Longvale ...

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

  • Willits
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Shake City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Shake City is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake City
  • Laytonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Soda Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
  • Dos Rios
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Branscomb
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bowman Place
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Place
  • Inglenook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Inglenook is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook
  • Covelo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Westport
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Longvale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Longvale.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Longvale ...

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

Adding Longvale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Longvale post office opened in 1911. The Longvale post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Longvale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Mendocino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Longvale - 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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Longvale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Longvale 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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