Welcome to Long Valley ...

Long Valley is located in Morris County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Long Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

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

Long Valley is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Long Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Long Valley: 908

The ZIP code for Long Valley: 07853<3>

Communities Also Named Long Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Long Valley - they are located in Arizona, California, Nevada (2), Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Long Valley ...

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

• Morristown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
  • Morristown has also been known as:
  • New Hanover
  • West Hanover
• Dover
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dover is located in Morris County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
• Hackettstown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Newton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Newton is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
• Clinton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• Portland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Portland is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
• Farmersville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
• Califon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Califon is located in Hunterdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon
• Pottersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Long Valley ...

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

Adding Long Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Long 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 Long Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Long Valley post office opened in 1918.

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