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Welcome to High Valley ...

High Valley is located in Valley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of High Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

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

High Valley is 4,850 feet [1,478 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of High Valley is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from High Valley (for example, toward Huntington (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for High Valley: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named High Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named High Valley - they are located in Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near High Valley ...

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

  • Crouch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crouch is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Ola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Banks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Garden Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownlee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Brownlee is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Belvidere
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Belvidere is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Crane ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Crane is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Grimes Pass
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
  • Quartzburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Sweet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for High Valley ...

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

Adding High Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of High Valley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for High Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the High Valley post office opened in 1911. The High Valley post office closed in 1917.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Valley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around High 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the High Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the High 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/