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Welcome to Cedar Valley ...

Cedar Valley is located in Hill Country.

Cedar Valley is located in Travis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

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

Cedar Valley is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cedar Valley: 512 & 737<3>

Communities Also Named Cedar Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Cedar Valley: This one is located in Travis County and the other is located in Bell County.

Beyond Texas, there are 21 communities that are also named Cedar Valley - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (4), Iowa, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (5), Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Cedar Valley ...

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

  • Austin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Kyle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kyle is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kyle <4>
  • Buda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Buda is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,544 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buda <4>
  • Lakeway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lago Vista
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bee Cave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dripping Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • West Lake Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • West Lake Hills is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,254 people
  • Wimberley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • The Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Hills is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Valley ...

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

Adding Cedar Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Valley post office opened in 1875. The Cedar Valley post office closed in 1957.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Travis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar 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 512 code has been Overlayed with the 737 area code. New phone numbers in the Cedar Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 512 or 737. As a result, placing a call in the Cedar 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/