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Welcome to Palace Valley ...

Palace Valley is located in Upshur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palace Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

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

Palace Valley is 2,080 feet [634 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palace Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Palace Valley: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Palace Valley ...

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

  • Buckhannon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mill Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
  • Beverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Junior
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Junior is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Womelsdorf
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Huttonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Alexander
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alexander is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Helvetia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Alton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alton is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
  • Beans Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palace Valley ...

Looking for more information about Palace 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Palace Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Palace Valley.

Adding Palace Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palace 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 (so far) for Palace Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Palace Valley post office opened in 1879. The Palace Valley post office closed in 1911.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palace Valley - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Palace Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Palace Valley 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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