Welcome to Prospect Valley ...
Prospect Valley is located in Harrison County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Prospect Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
A typical abbreviation for Prospect Valley: Prospect Vly. (or less commonly used: Prospect Vally. or Prospect Vlly.)
Prospect Valley is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Prospect Valley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Prospect Valley: 304 & 681<3>
Communities Also Named Prospect Valley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Prospect Valley - they are located in Colorado (2) and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prospect Valley.
Communities near Prospect Valley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prospect Valley.
- Fairmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Bridgeport is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,782 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <4>
- Grafton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
- Mannington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stonewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood
- Stonewood is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nutter Fort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nutter Fort have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Fort
- Nutter Fort is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,501 people
- Barrackville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barrackville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Barrackville is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
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 Prospect Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prospect Valley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prospect 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 Prospect Valley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect Valley. See our Newspapers Page for Prospect Valley.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prospect Valley ...
Looking for more information about Prospect 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 Prospect Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prospect Valley.
Adding Prospect Valley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Prospect 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 Prospect Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Prospect Valley post office opened in 1856.
We also found Prospect Valley in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Prospect Valley.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prospect 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 Prospect Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Prospect 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> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |