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Welcome to Kings Valley ...

Kings Valley is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kings Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

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

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

Kings Valley is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kings Valley: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Kings Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Kings Valley - they are located in Maryland and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Kings Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kings 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 Kings Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kings Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kings Valley ...

Looking for more information about Kings 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.

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

Adding Kings Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kings Valley post office opened in 1855. The Kings Valley post office closed in 1974.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kings 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Kings Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Kings 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/