Do you know of Valley Bend ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Valley Bend. 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 Valley Bend.<1>

Our sources for Valley Bend (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Valley Bend other than they indicate that Valley Bend would be found somewhere in Randolph County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1866.

Communities Also Named Valley Bend ...

We found one communities that share the name Valley Bend.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Valley Bend.

Beyond West Virginia.

• Communities Located In West Virginia ...
  • Barbour County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Valley Bend [Barbour County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Valley Bend ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Valley Bend:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Valley Bend - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

The FIPS database contains an entry for Valley Bend.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/82564   (Place Name: Valley Bend)

County: Randolph     (FIPS State/County: 54/083)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Valley Bend) 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  Randolph 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 Randolph County.