Welcome to Rye Valley ...

Rye Valley is located in Baker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rye Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

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

Rye Valley is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rye Valley is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Rye Valley and travel west, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Telephone area codes for Rye Valley: (541) and (458)<3>

Communities Also Named Rye Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Rye Valley: This one is located in Baker County and the other is located in Malheur County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 3 communities that are also named Rye Valley - they are located in Nevada and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rye Valley ...

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

• Huntington
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
• Weatherby
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
  • Weatherby is located in Baker County
• Durkee
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durkee
  • Durkee is located in Baker County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durkee <5>
• Lime ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Lime is located in Baker County
• China Town
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
  • China Town is located in Baker County
• Malheur City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
  • Malheur City is located in Malheur County
• Bridgeport
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport is located in Baker County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <5>
• Brogan
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
  • Brogan is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brogan <5>
• Jamieson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamieson
  • Jamieson is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamieson <5>
• Eaton
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rye Valley ...

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

Adding Rye Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rye 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 Rye Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rye Valley post office opened in 1869.

We also found Rye Valley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rye Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/