Do you know of Valley Store ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Valley Store. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Valley Store.<1>

We found mention of Valley Store as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Valley Store ...

We found one communities that share the name Valley Store.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Valley Store is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Valley Store in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
  - Chattooga County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Valley Store [Chattooga County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Valley Store ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Valley Store:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Valley Store - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Valley Store.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/79648 (Place Name: Valley Store)

County: Chester (FIPS State/County: 42/029)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Valley Store) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Chester County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Chester County.

Ash	Lionville Station
	Locust Grove
Bacton Station	London Grove
Baker Station	Londonberry
Beaver	Londonderry
Birmingham Park
Blue Rock	Maple Crest
Briarton	Maple
Brintons	Marsh
Broad Run	McWilliamstown
Brooklyn	Megargee
	Meriwether Farms
Carver Court	Mont Clare
Centerville
Chandlerville	Newlin
Chester Valley Knoll	North Coventry
Chester Valley	Norwood
Cloud
Cochranton	Oakburne
Cold Spring
Collamer	Paperville
Compassville	Parkchester
Copes Bridge	Pawling
Corrine	Penningtonville
Cream	Perkiomen
	Point Lookout
Devon - Berwyn
Doe Run Station	Ridgewood Farm
Dorlan's Mills	Roberts
Downing Hills	Rock Run
	Rolling Glen
East Coventry	Rosenvick
East Downington	Roslyn
East Vincent
Easttown Woods	Saint Marys
Edgemont Farms	Sancanac
Edges Mill	Schuylkill
Everhart	Shelmire
	Shenkel
Fairview Park	Sidley
Falconcrest	Smedley
Ferndale	Springfield
Font
Forrest	Tablet
Fountain Green	Talbotville
Fox Hill	Thorndale Heights
Fremont	Timicula
French Creek Falls	Townsend
French Creek	Tredyffrin
Friendship Village
	Uwchland
Glen
Gum Tree	Valley Creek
	Valley
Hanover Heights	Vincent
Harbor Woods
Harveyville	West Grove Station
Heckelville	West Nantmeal
	West Vincent
Immaculata	West Whiteland
Indian King	Whiteland Farms
	Whiteland
Kenneth	Wildbrier
	Willistown Inn
Leonard	Wilson
Lincoln University
Lincoln	Yellow Springs
Linfield
Lionville - Marchwood	Zermatt

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Valley Store could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.