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Welcome to Valley Forge ...

So far, we found very little information about Valley Forge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Valley Forge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valley Forge, please Contact Us.

Valley Forge would have been located within present day Saint Francois County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Forge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Valley Forge is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Valley Forge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Valley Forge was located: 573 & 235<4>

Communities Also Named Valley Forge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Valley Forge: This one is located in Saint Francois County and the other is located in Saint Louis County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 7 communities that are also named Valley Forge - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania (2) and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Valley Forge ...

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

  • Park Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bonne Terre
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Desloge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Desloge is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desloge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,900 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Desloge <5>
  • Flat River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
  • Fredericktown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bismarck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bismarck is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,469 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bismarck <5>
  • Elvins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
  • Ironton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Leadwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leadwood is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,158 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadwood <5>
  • Esther
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Esther is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther

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

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

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

Adding Valley Forge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Forge 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 Valley Forge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Valley Forge post office opened in 1867. The Valley Forge post office closed in 1900.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valley Forge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Francois, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Forge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Forge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Forge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/