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Welcome to Pine Valley ...

Pine Valley is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Pine Valley is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

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

Pine Valley is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pine Valley: 936

Communities Also Named Pine Valley ...

While we believe that this Pine Valley is located in Walker County, we know of another 3 Texas communities named Pine Valley. Those communities are located in the following counties: Angelina, Harris and San Jacinto County.

Beyond Texas, there are 33 communities that are also named Pine Valley - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (4), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3) and Utah.

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

Communities near Pine Valley ...

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

  • Huntsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Willis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Willis is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willis <3>
  • Panorama Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
  • New Waverly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Coldspring
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Point Blank
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Oakhurst
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Elmina is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Valley ...

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

Adding Pine Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine 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 (so far) for Pine Valley was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine 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.