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Welcome to Valley Falls ...

Valley Falls is located in Providence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Valley Falls is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Valley Falls: 401

Communities Also Named Valley Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Valley Falls - they are located in Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Valley Falls ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Valley Falls ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Falls ...

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

Adding Valley Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Valley Falls in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Providence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.