Welcome to Carta Valley ...

Carta Valley is located in Hill Country.

Carta Valley is located in Edwards County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carta Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

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

Carta Valley is 1,860 feet [567 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Carta Valley: 830

Communities near Carta Valley ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Carta Valley.

• Johnstone
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Johnstone
  • From Carta Valley to Johnstone
• Lake View
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake View is located in Val Verde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
• Alamo Village
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Alamo Village is located in Kinney County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Village
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Alamo Village
  • From Carta Valley to Alamo Village
• Comstock
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Comstock is located in Val Verde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Comstock
  • From Carta Valley to Comstock
• Val Verde Park
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Val Verde Park is located in Val Verde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Park
  • Val Verde Park has also been known as:
  • Val Verde Park Colonia

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carta Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carta Valley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carta Valley ...

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

Adding Carta Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carta Valley post office opened in 1907. The Carta Valley post office closed in 1976.

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