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Welcome to Grass Valley ...

Grass Valley is located in Missoula County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grass Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

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

Grass Valley is 3,160 feet [963 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Grass Valley is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Grass Valley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Grass Valley, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Grass Valley: 406

Communities Also Named Grass Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Grass Valley - they are located in California, Nevada and Oregon.

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

Communities near Grass Valley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grass Valley ...

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

Adding Grass Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grass Valley post office opened in 1887.

We also found Grass Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Missoula, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grass 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/