Do you know of Fern Valley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fern Valley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fern Valley.<1>

Our sources for Fern Valley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Fern Valley other than they indicate that Fern Valley would be found somewhere in Palo Alto County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1862 and closed  in 1882.

Communities Also Named Fern Valley ...

We found two communities that share the name Fern Valley.

Within Iowa, the name Fern Valley is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Riverside County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Fern Valley [Riverside County].
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Fern Valley [Baltimore County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fern Valley ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fern Valley:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Palo Alto County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Palo Alto County.