Welcome to Mission Valley ...

Mission Valley is located on the Gulf Coast.

Mission Valley is located in Victoria County<1>.

Google driving directions from your current location to Mission Valley (Patience, this may take a moment).

The location of Mission Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mission Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

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

Mission Valley is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Mission Valley: 361

Communities Also Named Mission Valley ...

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

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

Communities near Mission Valley ...

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

• Victoria
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Victoria is located in Victoria County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <4>
• Cuero
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuero
  • Cuero is located in DeWitt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuero <4>
• Yorktown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
  • Yorktown is located in DeWitt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,069 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yorktown <4>
• Goliad
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goliad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goliad
  • Goliad is located in Goliad County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goliad <4>
• Nursery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Nursery is located in Victoria County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nursery <4>
• Meyersville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
  • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <4>
• Thomaston
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Thomaston is located in DeWitt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomaston <4>
• Ander
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
  • Ander is located in Goliad County
• Coletoville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
  • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
• Kilgore
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
  • Kilgore is located in Goliad County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mission Valley ...

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

Adding Mission Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Mission Valley post office opened in 1854.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mission Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Victoria County: www.victoriacountytx.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/