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Welcome to Loyal Valley ...

Loyal Valley is located in Hill Country.

Loyal Valley is located in Mason County<1>.

Loyal Valley was established in 1848.

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

Loyal Valley is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Loyal Valley: 325

Communities near Loyal Valley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Loyal 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 Loyal Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Loyal Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loyal Valley ...

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

Adding Loyal Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loyal 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 for Loyal Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Loyal Valley post office opened in 1868.

We also found Loyal Valley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loyal Valley - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/