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Welcome to Sams Valley ...

Sams Valley is located in Jackson County<1>.

Sams Valley was established in 1873.

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

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

Sams Valley is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Websites for Sams Valley ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities near Sams Valley ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sams Valley ...

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

Adding Sams Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sams Valley post office opened in 1873.

We also found Sams Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sams 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 Sams Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Sams 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/