Valley View, Texas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Valley View, Texas
City
Location of Valley View, Texas
Location in Cooke County
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cooke
Area
• Total	2.40 sq mi (6.21 km2)
• Land	2.39 sq mi (6.20 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	737
• Density	307.98/sq mi (118.91/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	76272
Area code(s)	940
FIPS code	48-74756
GNIS feature ID	1370559

Valley View is a city in Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 737 at the 2020 census.

History

The town was first settled in 1870 by the Lee family. L.W. Lee plotted a town on his land in 1872, naming it "Valley View", presumably for the view offered at the site of Spring Creek valley. Eighteen families moved in, and a post office opened in the community that same year.

A blacksmith shop was opened in 1873, and the shop was used for the community's first school. By 1884, the town had an estimated 250 inhabitants, three steam gristmills and cotton gins, and three general stores, and it shipped cotton, livestock, and wheat. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (now the BNSF Railway) reached the town in 1886. Valley View had four church buildings and a hotel by 1890, and the Valley View Independent School District was incorporated in 1902. In 1903, the town witnessed dramatic growth with the completion of a two-story brick school house and six brick business buildings, the arrival of telephone service, and the opening of a bank. The following year the Valley View News began publishing weekly. The community had an estimated population of 600 by 1914.

Two fires struck the town in 1924. In the fall of 1940, the east side of the town square was burned down. On the morning of December 19, bank robbers started a second fire as they robbed the First National Bank (later named the Valley View National Bank and was owned by Thomas R. Couch) of $5,000. A further two city blocks were destroyed.

Valley View's population was estimated at 700 from the 1920s through the mid-1960s. In 1970, it was 805, but the town declined during the next decade. When Valley View formally incorporated in 1980, it had 514 inhabitants and six businesses. The town began to grow again in the 1980s and had a population of 640 in 1990.

2024 Tornado

On May 25, 2024, both Valley View and the city of Pilot Point were struck by an intense tornado, resulting in 7 deaths and 100 injuries as well as extensive damage throughout both cities. A truck stop was also severely damaged in Valley View. The National Weather Service rated the tornado EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Geography

Valley View is located in southern Cooke County at 33°29′37″N 97°9′52″W / 33.49361°N 97.16444°W / 33.49361; -97.16444 (33.493656, –97.164403). Interstate 35/U.S. Route 77 passes just east of the center of town, with access from exits 485 through 487. The highway leads north 10 miles (16 km) to Gainesville, the county seat, and south 20 miles (32 km) to Denton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Valley View has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km²), or 0.17%, is covered by water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Valley View has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 737 people, 290 households, and 206 families residing in the city.

Note: NH = Non-Hispanic. The US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Religion

Six churches are within the city limits of Valley View: First Baptist Church (Southern Baptist), Church of Christ (Churches of Christ), Cornerstone Baptist Church (Southern Baptist), St. John's Catholic Church (Roman Catholic), Methodist Church (United Methodist), and Christian Gathering (independent Pentecostal).

Education

Valley View is served by the Valley View Independent School District. The district was incorporated in 1902. A two-story brick school was built in 1902–1903. A larger school was built in 1938, which is still in use as part of the elementary campus. It has been renovated to restore the original features of the building.

The district grew during the time of school consolidation in the early to mid-1900s. Local schools such as John's Branch, Lone Oak, Elm Grove, Lois, Burns City, and Mountain Springs became part of the Valley View ISD.

The VVISD served about 650 students on three connected campuses, as of 2007.

The varsity football team was the state champion in 1980. The girls' varsity basketball team was 1-A state runner-up in 1999 and 2000. In 2005, the varsity football team won the 16-A district championship. The football team has also won the bi-district title for the 2015–2017 years. The boys' cross country team won the state championship in 2014 and 2015, and placed third at the state meet in 2017 and 2018. The boys' track team placed third at the state track meet in 2018.

Notable people

• John Marvin Jones, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1916 to 1940 and later chief judge of the federal Court of Claims, was born in Valley View.

In popular culture

The town is the main setting in the Disney Channel original series, The Villains of Valley View.

See also

In Spanish: Valley View (Texas) para niños