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So far, we found very little information about Valsetz. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Valsetz to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valsetz, please Contact Us.

Valsetz would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valsetz, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Valsetz: The name Valsetz is a portmanteau<3>, which reflects that the town was a terminus of the Valley and Siletz Railroad.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Valsetz is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Valsetz was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Valsetz was located: 503 & 971<5>

Communities near Valsetz ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Valsetz to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valsetz 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 Valsetz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Valsetz post office opened in 1920.

We also found Valsetz on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Oregon (1949).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Valsetz.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.or.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valsetz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A portmanteau (such as Valsetz) is the combination or contraction of two (or more) words, their sound and the meaning of those words to create a new word. For example, guess and estimate becomes guesstimate.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valsetz - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Valsetz area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Valsetz area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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