Welcome to Valley City ...

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

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

Valley City would have been located within present day Kearney County<2>.

The location of Valley City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Valley City is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Valley City still existed, it would have been in the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Valley City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Valley City - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (3), Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio.

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

Communities near Valley City ...

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

• Kearney
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
  • Kearney is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,235 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kearney <5>
• Minden
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minden
  • Minden is located in Kearney County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,020 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minden <5>
• Gibbon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
  • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <5>
• Wood River
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood River
  • Wood River is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood River <5>
• Shelton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
  • Shelton is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <5>
• Kenesaw
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
  • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <5>
• Juniata
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
  • Juniata is located in Adams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juniata <5>
• Axtell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
  • Axtell is located in Kearney County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Axtell <5>
• Holstein
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holstein
  • Holstein is located in Adams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holstein <5>
• Riverdale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
  • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <5>

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

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

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

Adding Valley City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Valley City post office opened in 1862.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Kearney County: www.kearneycounty.ne.gov/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/