Valley View is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Wichita County,

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, United States. It has an estimated population of 200. Valley View is part of the

Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Tex ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Valley View is located on Farm to Market Road 2226, eight miles southwest of Wichita Falls in southwestern Wichita County. Its elevation is 1,007 feet above sea level.

History

Valley View was established in 1889 and soon became a community center for area farmers. An elementary school was constructed in 1927 to serve 300 students. An Independent School District was established the following year. By 1931, the district had a total of 555 students and 13 teachers, at the time making it the largest such educational unit in a Texas community without a post office. In the following years, the population declined and in 1970, the Valley View school district had consolidated with that of Iowa Park, keeping only grades one through six in operation locally. At the completion of the 1980 school year, the Valley View School closed permanently. The community had a population of approximately 200 in 1990, a figure that remains the same today.

Education

Valley View is part of the

Iowa Park Consolidated Independent School District Iowa Park Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Iowa Park, Texas, Iowa Park, Texas (United States, USA). Located in central Wichita County, Texas, Wichita County, the district extends into a small portion ...

External links

Handbook of Texas Online: Valley View, Texas
* {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Wichita County, Texas