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Welcome to Paint Valley ...

Paint Valley is located in Holmes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Paint Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

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

Paint Valley is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Paint Valley: 330 & 234<3>

Communities near Paint Valley ...

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

  • Wooster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Millersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Loudonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sugarcreek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Shreve
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shreve have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreve
    • Shreve is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shreve <4>
  • Apple Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Killbuck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killbuck have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killbuck
    • Killbuck is located in Holmes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 921 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killbuck <4>
  • Baltic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Perrysville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paint Valley ...

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

Adding Paint Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Paint 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 Paint Valley was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Holmes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Paint Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the Paint Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the Paint Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.