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Welcome to Valaho ...So far, we found very little information about Valaho. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Valaho to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valaho, please Contact Us. Valaho would have been located within present day Scott County<2>. The location of Valaho has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Valaho, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. While the community is gone, the present day location for Valaho is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Valaho was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Valaho once stood is in the (276) area code. Communities near Valaho ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Valaho.
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 Valaho. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valaho. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Valaho. 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 Valaho. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Valaho. See our Newspapers Page for Valaho. Adding Valaho to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Valaho 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 Valaho was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Valaho on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Valaho. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Scott County: www.scottcountyva.com/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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