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Welcome to Peaceful Valley ...

Peaceful Valley is located in Boulder County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peaceful Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

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

Peaceful Valley is 8,420 feet [2,566 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Peaceful Valley is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Peaceful Valley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Peaceful Valley: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities Also Named Peaceful Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Peaceful Valley - they are located in California, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Peaceful Valley ...

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

  • Boulder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Estes Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lyons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyons is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,058 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <4>
  • Nederland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Nederland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Former names for Nederland:
    • Browns Crossing
    • Dayton
    • Middle Boulder
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <4>
  • Grand Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jamestown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ward
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ward is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <4>
  • Caribou ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Caribou is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Caribou has also been known as:
    • Caribou City
  • Allenspark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gold Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Hill is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peaceful Valley ...

Looking for more information about Peaceful 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Peaceful Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Peaceful Valley.

Adding Peaceful Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Peaceful 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 (so far) for Peaceful Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Peaceful Valley post office opened in 1917. The Peaceful Valley post office closed in 1935.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Boulder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peaceful Valley - 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 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Peaceful Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Peaceful Valley 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/