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Welcome to Valley Springs ...

Valley Springs is located in Calaveras County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Springs: Valley Spgs. (or less commonly used: Valley Spngs. or Valley Sprngs.)

Valley Springs is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Valley Springs: 209 & 350<3>

The ZIP code for Valley Springs: 95252<4>

Communities Also Named Valley Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Valley Springs - they are located in Arkansas, North Carolina and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Valley Springs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Springs ...

Looking for more information about Valley Springs? 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 Valley Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Valley Springs.

Adding Valley Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Springs 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 Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Valley Springs post office opened in 1872.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Calaveras, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Springs - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Valley Springs). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Valley Springs or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/