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Welcome to Valley Mills ...

Valley Mills is located in Wood County<1>.


The location of Valley Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Valley Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Valley Mills: Valley Mls. (or less commonly used: Valley Mlls.)

Valley Mills is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Valley Mills: (304) and (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Valley Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Valley Mills - they are located in Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Valley Mills ...

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

  • Parkersburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marietta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
  • Vienna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Vienna is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <5>
  • Belpre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <5>
  • Williamstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Saint Marys
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Marys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
    • Saint Marys is located in Pleasants County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Marys <5>
  • Beverly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,336 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beverly <5>
  • Belmont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Pleasants County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • Elizabeth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • North Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
    • North Hills is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 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 Valley Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valley Mills.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valley Mills ...

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

Adding Valley Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Valley Mills 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 Valley Mills was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Valley Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Valley Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valley Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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