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Welcome to Pine Valley ...

Pine Valley is located in Washington County<1>.

Pine Valley was established in 1859.

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

Pine Valley is 6,530 feet [1,990 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pine Valley is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Pine Valley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Pine Valley, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Pine Valley: 435

The ZIP code for Pine Valley: 84781<3>

Communities Also Named Pine Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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 Texas (4).

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.

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pine Valley, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pine Valley.

Adding Pine Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine Valley post office opened in 1859.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Washington, 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>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pine Valley). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pine Valley or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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