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2015-04-20 12 48 36 Valmy Station and Post Office in Valmy, NevadaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Valmy

Valmy’s post office opened in 1915

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How Valmy began

When was Valmy founded?

1915

The Valmy post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 26111 years
Founding year: the first Valmy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Valmy’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Valmy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Valmy.

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Established in 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad as a section point, it became Valmy on March 24, 1915. The post office from Stone House, Nevada, was moved to Valmy at that time. In 1932 Eugene DiGrazia bought Valmy's gas station, store, post office and bus depot.

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By decade

Valmy, decade by decade

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On the map

Valmy on the map, 1965 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Valmy. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Valmy on the 1965 USGS mapValmy on the 1981 USGS map1965Valmy sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Valmy.

Famous people

Famous people close to Valmy

Nobody well known was born in Valmy itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henry F. AshurstU.S. Senator from Arizona · b. 1874
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Mario BautistaAmerican mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1993
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Bill BerryAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1942
Vernon AlleyAmerican jazz bassist · b. 1915
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Joyce CollinsAmerican singer and musician · b. 1930
Lute PeaseAmerican cartoonist · b. 1869

Questions about Valmy’s history

What year was Valmy founded?

The Valmy post office opened in 1915, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.