Welcome to Valley Junction ...
Valley Junction is located in Monroe County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
A typical abbreviation for Valley Junction: Valley Jct. (or less commonly used: Valley Jctn.)
Valley Junction is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Valley Junction lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Valley Junction: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Valley Junction ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Valley Junction - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley Junction.
Communities near Valley Junction ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Valley Junction.
- Tomah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- New Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Necedah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Norwalk
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Kendall
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Warrens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Oakdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hustler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valley Junction.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Valley Junction. 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 Junction.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Valley Junction.
Adding Valley Junction to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Valley Junction 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 Valley Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Valley Junction post office opened in 1876.
We also found Valley Junction in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Valley Junction.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Junction - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Valley Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |