Welcome to Valverda ...

Valverda is located in Pointe Coupee Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valverda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Valverda is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Valverda: 225

Communities near Valverda ...

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

• New Roads
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New Roads is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Roads
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Roads <3>
• Saint Francisville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Francisville is located in West Feliciana Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,589 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Francisville <3>
• Krotz Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Krotz Springs is located in Saint Landry Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krotz Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krotz Springs <3>
• Melville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Melville is located in Saint Landry Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melville <3>
• Maringouin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maringouin is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maringouin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maringouin <3>
• Fordoche
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fordoche is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordoche
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fordoche <3>
• Rosedale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosedale is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <3>
• Grosse Tete
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grosse Tete is located in Iberville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosse Tete
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grosse Tete <3>
• Morganza
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Morganza is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganza
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morganza <3>
• Lottie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lottie is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottie
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lottie <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valverda ...

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

Adding Valverda to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Valverda post office opened in 1907. The Valverda post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Valverda.