RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Clay County >> Valley ForkIndex...

Welcome to Valley Fork ...

Valley Fork is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Fork: Valley Frk.

Valley Fork is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Valley Fork ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Fork ...

Looking for more information about Valley Fork? 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 Valley Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Valley Fork.

Adding Valley Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Fork 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 Valley Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Valley Fork post office opened in 1872. The Valley Fork post office closed in 1997.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Fork - 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 Valley Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Valley Fork 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/