Welcome to Coalvale ...

Coalvale is located in Crawford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coalvale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Coalvale is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Coalvale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Coalvale: 620

Communities near Coalvale ...

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

• Pittsburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pittsburg is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pittsburg
  • From Coalvale to Pittsburg
• Fort Scott
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
  • Fort Scott has also been known as:
  • Fort Scott City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fort Scott
  • From Coalvale to Fort Scott
• Frontenac
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Frontenac is located in Crawford County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,392 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frontenac <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Frontenac
  • From Coalvale to Frontenac
• Girard
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Girard is located in Crawford County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,656 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Girard <3>
• Arma
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Arma is located in Crawford County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arma
  • From Coalvale to Arma
• Liberal
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
• Mulberry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mulberry is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulberry <3>
• Sheldon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sheldon is located in Vernon County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheldon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sheldon
  • From Coalvale to Sheldon
• Mindenmines
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mindenmines is located in Barton County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindenmines
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mindenmines <3>
• Bronaugh
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bronaugh
  • From Coalvale to Bronaugh

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coalvale ...

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

Adding Coalvale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coalvale 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 Coalvale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Coalvale post office opened in 1880. The Coalvale post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coalvale.