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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 also 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)
  • Krotz Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Melville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maringouin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fordoche
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fordoche is also 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)
  • Grosse Tete
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morganza
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Morganza is also 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)

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Pointe Coupee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valverda - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/