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Welcome to Palm Valley ...

Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palm Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

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

Palm Valley is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Palm Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Palm Valley: 904 & 324<3>

Communities Also Named Palm Valley ...

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

Communities near Palm Valley ...

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

  • Jacksonville Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
    • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
    • Pablo Beach
    • Ruby
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <4>
  • Saint Augustine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Atlantic Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Orange Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Neptune Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ponte Vedra Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • San Pablo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • San Pablo is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
  • Sans Pareil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
  • Greenfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Loretto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Loretto is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palm Valley ...

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

Adding Palm Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Palm Valley post office opened in 1908. The Palm Valley post office closed in 1932.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Saint Johns, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palm 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 904 code has been Overlayed with the 324 area code. New phone numbers in the Palm Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 904 or 324. As a result, placing a call in the Palm 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/