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Welcome to Vans Valley ...

Vans Valley is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vans Valley, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Vans Valley for more information about variations on the name of Vans Valley.

Vans Valley is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Going back to its beginning, Vans Valley was originally named Trenton Works<4>. For more information about the names of Vans Valley, see The Names of Vans Valley on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Vans Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vans Valley - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Vans Valley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vans Valley ...

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

Adding Vans Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vans Valley 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 (so far) for Vans Valley was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vans 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 Vans Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Vans Valley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Vans Valley may originally have been Van's Valley. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Vans Valley might be written as Van Valley. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Vans Valley.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.