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Welcome to Valley Heights ...

Valley Heights is located in Summers County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Heights, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Heights: Valley Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Valley Heights is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Valley Heights ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley Heights.

Communities near Valley Heights ...

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

  • Lewisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Ronceverte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Rainelle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Alderson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rupert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Union
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Union is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • Meadow Bridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Creamery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Creamery is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
  • Bargers Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Heights ...

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

Adding Valley Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Valley Heights post office opened in 1908. The Valley Heights post office closed in 1922.

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

Footnotes ...

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