Valentine (city name etymology)

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Wikipedia: Valentine, Texas
Valentineis a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. Its population was 134 at the 2010 census,[4] down from 187 at the 2000 census.
 
Description
The town is the only incorporated municipality in Jeff Davis County. Its name refers to the date of its founding in 1882 by a Southern Pacific Railroad construction crew: February 14. It is one of several cities named Valentine in the United States, where the U.S. Postal Service cancels envelopes for Valentine’s Day.
 
Wikipedia: Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive who was one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took control with partners of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Harriet Valentine Crocker (1859–1935), who married Charles Beatty Alexander (1849–1927).
 
Wikipedia: John J. Valentine Sr.
John Joseph Valentine Sr. (November 12, 1840 – December 21, 1901) was an American expressman. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company who had not been a banker and served from 1892 until his death in 1901.
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He was appointed general superintendent of Wells Fargo’s express department on February 8, 1872.
 
Upon the resignation of Charles F. Crocker in August 1882, Valentine was elected vice president and a director of Wells Fargo. He was also general manager of the company from the beginning of 1884.
   
Handbook of Texas Online
Valentine, Texas: A Historical Overview of the Town
By: Martin Donell Kohout
Published: 1952
Updated: November 1, 1995
VALENTINE, TX. Valentine, the smaller of Jeff Davis County’s two towns, is on U.S. Highway 90 and the Southern Pacific Railroad in the southwestern part of the county, thirty-six miles west of Fort Davis. It was founded and named when the Southern Pacific Railroad crew, building east, reached the site on February 14, 1882. Trains began running the next year, and a post office was established in 1886.