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Welcome to Fox Valley ...

Fox Valley is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fox Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

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

Fox Valley is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fox Valley lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Fox Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Fox Valley - they are located in Illinois, Saskatchewan and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Fox Valley ...

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

  • Stayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Aumsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Sublimity
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mill City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lyons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Scio
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Gates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Detroit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jordan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jordan is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Silver Falls City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fox Valley ...

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

Adding Fox Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fox Valley post office opened in 1874. The Fox Valley post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

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