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Welcome to Vale ...

Vale is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Vale is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Vale: 731

Communities Also Named Vale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Vale - they are located in California, Maryland, Missouri (2), North Carolina (2), Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Vale ...

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

  • Brevards Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
  • Paris
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • McKenzie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Huntingdon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Camden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Spring Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
  • New Johnsonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crossroads is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
  • Bruceton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hollow Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vale ...

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

Adding Vale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vale 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 Vale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vale post office opened in 1900. The Vale post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/