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Welcome to Ore Valley ...

Ore Valley is located in York County<1>.

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

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

Ore Valley is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ore Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ore Valley: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Ore Valley ...

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

  • York
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Hanover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Millersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Joy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Lion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Freedom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West York
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ore Valley ...

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

Adding Ore Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ore Valley post office opened in 1874. The Ore Valley post office closed in 1876.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ore 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Ore Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Ore 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/