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Welcome to Pine Valley ...

Pine Valley is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

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

Pine Valley is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pine Valley: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Pine Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Pine Valley - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (4), North Carolina, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Texas (4) and Utah.

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

Communities near Pine Valley ...

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

  • Wheeling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Weirton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Weirton is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weirton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,068 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weirton <4>
  • Steubenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Moundsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Martins Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Saint Clairsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Toronto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bellaire
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wintersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Shadyside
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Pine Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pine Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Valley ...

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

Adding Pine Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine Valley post office opened in 1885. The Pine Valley post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Pine Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Pine 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>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/