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Welcome to Spring Valley ...

Spring Valley is located in Uinta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Valley: Spring Vly. (or less commonly used: Spring Vally. or Spring Vlly.)

Spring Valley is 6,970 feet [2,124 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Spring Valley is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Spring Valley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Spring Valley: 307

Communities Also Named Spring Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 84 communities that are also named Spring Valley - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (3), California (2), Colorado, Delaware, Georgia (4), Illinois (3), Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maryland (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada (2), New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina (5), Ohio (6), Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (3).

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

Communities near Spring Valley ...

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

  • Evanston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bear River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bear River is located in Uinta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
  • Bridger
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridger is located in Uinta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
  • Hilliard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilliard is located in Uinta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
  • Robertson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fort Bridger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Almy ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Almy is located in Uinta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almy
  • Carter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Carter is located in Uinta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Black's Fork ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Black's Fork is located in Summit County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black's Fork
    • Black's Fork has also been known as:
    • Blacks Fork Commissary

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Valley ...

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

Adding Spring Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring 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 (so far) for Spring Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spring Valley post office opened in 1900. The Spring Valley post office closed in 1932.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Uinta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/