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Welcome to Big Valley ...Big Valley is located in Hill Country. Big Valley is located in Mills County<1>. The location of Big Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. A typical abbreviation for Big Valley: Big Vly. (or less commonly used: Big Vally. or Big Vlly.) Big Valley is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Big Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Big Valley is located in the (325) area code. Communities Also Named Big Valley ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Big Valley - they are located in Alberta and California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Valley. Communities near Big Valley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Valley.
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 Big Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Valley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big 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 Big Valley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Big Valley. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Valley ...Looking for more information about Big 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 Big Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Valley. Adding Big Valley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Valley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Big Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Big Valley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Valley. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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