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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)
  • Licking
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Houston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cabool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Raymondville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Plato
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Success
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Huggins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huggins is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
  • Mineral Springs City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
  • Bendavis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bendavis is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis

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 (so far) for Plum Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Plum Valley post office opened in 1858. The Plum Valley post office closed in 1910.

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

Footnotes ...

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