Welcome to Spring Valley ...
So far, we found very little information about Spring Valley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spring Valley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Spring Valley - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Spring Valley, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Spring Valley , we believe that it would have been located within present day Decatur County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
A typical abbreviation for Spring Valley: Spring Vly. (or less commonly used: Spring Vally. or Spring Vlly.)
Time Zone: The area where Spring Valley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Spring Valley once stood is in the (641) area code.
Communities Also Named Spring Valley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Spring Valley: This one is located in Decatur County and the other is located in Mahaska County.
Beyond Iowa, there are 84 communities that are also named Spring Valley - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Delaware, Georgia (4), Illinois (3), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada (2), New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina (5), Ohio (6), Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Valley.
Adding Spring Valley to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Spring Valley was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
We also found Spring Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Valley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spring Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Decatur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |