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Welcome to Valois ...

Valois is located in Schuyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valois, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Valois is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Valois: 607

Communities Also Named Valois ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Valois - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Valois ...

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

  • Penn Yan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Watkins Glen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <3>
  • Trumansburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dundee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Montour Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Aurora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hammondsport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ovid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Interlaken
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Interlaken is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Former names for Interlaken:
    • Farmer Village
    • Farmer
    • Farmerville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <3>
  • Odessa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valois ...

Looking for more information about Valois? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Valois, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Valois.

Adding Valois to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Valois post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Valois.

Footnotes ...

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