Do you know of Rich Valley ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rich Valley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rich Valley.
Our sources for Rich Valley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rich Valley other than they indicate that Rich Valley would be found somewhere in Smyth County, Virginia.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Rich Valley ...
We found four communities that share the name Rich Valley.
Within Virginia, the name Rich Valley is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Rich Valley.
- Minnesota
- Dakota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Rich Valley [Dakota County].
- Ohio
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rich Valley [Noble County].
- Pennsylvania
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rich Valley [Cameron County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rich Valley ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rich Valley:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rich Valley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rich Valley.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/67080 (Place Name: Rich Valley)
County: Smyth (FIPS State/County: 51/173)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rich Valley) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Smyth County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Smyth County.