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Welcome to Panther Valley ...

Panther Valley is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Panther Valley is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Panther Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

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

Panther Valley is 1,360 feet [415 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Panther Valley: 417

Communities Also Named Panther Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Panther Valley - it's located in Nevada.

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

Communities near Panther Valley ...

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

  • Springfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Nixa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Marshfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Battlefield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Rogersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Strafford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sparta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <3>
  • Seymour
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Fair Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Panther Valley ...

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

Adding Panther Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Panther Valley post office opened in 1856. The Panther Valley post office closed in 1888.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Panther Valley - 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/