Welcome to Plum Valley ...

Plum Valley is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Plum Valley is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plum Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

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

Plum Valley is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Plum Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Plum Valley - they are located in California and Nebraska.

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

Communities near Plum Valley ...

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

• Mountain Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
  • Mountain Grove is located in Wright County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,705 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Grove <3>
• Licking
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Licking have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licking
  • Licking is located in Texas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Licking <3>
• Houston
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
  • Houston is located in Texas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houston <3>
• Cabool
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabool
  • Cabool is located in Texas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabool <3>
• Raymondville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymondville
  • Raymondville is located in Texas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymondville <3>
• Plato
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plato have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Plato is located in Texas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plato <3>
• Success
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
  • Success is located in Texas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Success <3>
• Huggins
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
  • Huggins is located in Texas County
• Mineral Springs City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
  • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
• Bendavis
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bendavis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
  • Bendavis is located in Texas County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plum Valley ...

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

Adding Plum Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plum Valley 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 for Plum Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Plum Valley post office opened in 1858.

We also found Plum Valley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plum Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/