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Welcome to Valley Grove ...

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

Valley Grove is located in Rusk County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Grove: Valley Grv.

Valley Grove is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Valley Grove: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Valley Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Valley Grove - they are located in Alabama, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Valley Grove ...

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

  • Henderson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • New Summerfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Garrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cushing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Appleby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
  • Gallatin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mount Enterprise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Reklaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Oak Flats
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
  • Laneville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Grove ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Grove - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Grove 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.