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Welcome to Valley Falls ...

Valley Falls is located in Spartanburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

Valley Falls is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Valley Falls: 864 & 821<3>

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, Rhode Island and West Virginia.

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

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Valley Falls, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Valley Falls post office opened in 1858.

We also found Valley Falls in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Spartanburg, 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>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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Falls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Falls 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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