History of Valley View, Texas
First National Bank after two city blocks burned down. The bank building is now Whiskey Hollow.
Dylan Pembroke - Producer/Creator
Valley View Historical Timeline
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1870 Valley View settled by the L.W. Lee family
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1872 Plotted as Valley View after the beautiful view of Spring Creek Valley, 18 families settled in and a Post Office was established
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1873 Blacksmith Shop opened and the building was used for the first community’s school
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1884 Population at 250, 3 steam gristmills and cotton gins, 3 general stores. Commodities shipped from Valley View were cotton, livestock and wheat.
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1886 The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) came through Valley View
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1890 Addition of 4 churches and 1 hotel
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1902 VVISD was incorporated
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1903 Completion of a two story school house, 6 brick business buildings, arrival of telephone service and opening of a bank.
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1904 Valley View News began publishing weekly
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1914 Population up to 600
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1924 Two fires struck Valley View. In the fall, the east side of town burnt down. On December 19th, bank robbers robbed the First National Bank of $5,000 and started a fire that burned it down along with two city blocks.
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1920-60 Population estimation at 700
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1970 Population peaked at 805, then declined
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1990 Population down to 640
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2006 Awarded the Governor’s Community Achievement Award by Governor Rick Perry for conserving and enhancing the natural resources of Texas through Keep Valley View Beautiful. Spear headed by Perlene and Norman Newton.
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2009 Awarded a second Governor’s Community Achievement Award by Governor Rick Perry
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2013 Legalized Alcohol Sales in JP Precinct 4, as Valley View citizen Laura McMullen spear headed this to help with increased city taxation
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2017 Population is at approximately 800 and growing. With businesses flourishing such as a Farmer’s Market, home decor & 2 boutiques, eateries, winery, hair salon, cabinet shop, bank, bed & breakfast with event center, distillery, hotel and hometown Medical Clinic available and open to the public. Service Businesses such as surveying, plumbing, realtors, auto repairs, convenient stores, feed mill, transportation, construction, art studio and much more.
