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Welcome to Lee Valley ...

Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lee Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.

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

Lee Valley is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lee Valley: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Lee Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lee Valley - they are located in Nebraska and Ontario.

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

Communities near Lee Valley ...

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

  • Morristown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Trent Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
  • Bean Station
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beans
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • Bright ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bright is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
  • Alanthus Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
  • Casablanca
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
  • Surgoinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sneedville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lee Valley ...

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

Adding Lee Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lee Valley post office opened in 1829. The Lee Valley post office closed in 1956.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hawkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lee 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Lee Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Lee 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/