Welcome to Garden Valley ...

Garden Valley is located in Macon County<1>.

The location of Garden Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garden Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

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

Garden Valley is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Garden Valley (for example, toward Phenix City (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The telephone area code for Garden Valley: (478)

Communities Also Named Garden Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Garden Valley - they are located in California (2), Idaho, Ohio and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Garden Valley ...

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

• Fort Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Valley
  • Fort Valley is located in Peach County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Valley <4>
• Washington Square
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
  • Washington Square is located in Peach County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
• Lee Pope
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Pope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
  • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
• Montezuma
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
  • Montezuma is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,920 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <4>
• Ellaville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellaville
  • Ellaville is located in Schley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,834 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellaville <4>
• Butler
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Butler is located in Taylor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
• Marshallville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshallville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
  • Marshallville is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshallville <4>
• Oglethorpe
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglethorpe
  • Oglethorpe is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oglethorpe <4>
• Reynolds
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
  • Reynolds is located in Taylor County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynolds <4>
• Ideal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
  • Ideal is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ideal <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garden Valley ...

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

Adding Garden Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Garden Valley post office opened in 1871.

We also found Garden Valley on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/