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Welcome to Prairie Valley ...Prairie Valley is located Prairie Valley is located in Hill County<1>. The location of Prairie Valley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Prairie Valley: Prairie Vly. (or less commonly used: Prairie Vally. or Prairie Vlly.) Prairie Valley is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Prairie Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Prairie Valley is located in the (254) area code. While we believe that this Prairie Valley is located in Hill County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Prairie Valley. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fayette and Montague County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Valley. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie Valley. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Prairie Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Valley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie 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 Prairie Valley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Valley. Looking for more information about Prairie 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 Prairie Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie Valley. We originally found mention of Prairie 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 for Prairie Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie Valley.
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