The village is known within the state for its dolomitic limestone quarry, which produces harbor rock, gravel, and a very hard and weather resistant type of marble.

The Valders Member was named after the village and the type section was described along the eastern side of the present day quarry.

Valders did not really develop as a village until the arrival of the railroad in 1896, the traditional year of its founding.

After the arrival of the railroad, many German settlers moved in who were primarily Catholic, but no parish was developed for them.

To this day, there is still a significant population of Catholics, including most of the area farmers, who worship at St. Gregory in St. Nazianz to the south, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Clarks Mills to the north (presently joined to St. Michael in Whitelaw), or St. Thomas the Apostle in Newton to the east.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.47 square miles (3.81 km2), all of it land.

Valders has a large pre-fabricated reinforced concrete factory and is the center of a substantial dairy and grain producing area.

The School District serves the communities of Cato, Eaton, Liberty, Manitowoc Rapids, Newton, Rockland, St. Nazianz, Valders, and Whitelaw.

The sports that compete in only the Olympian Conference are basketball, volleyball, golf, cross country, wrestling, track and field, baseball, and softball.

Valders only competing sports in the Olympian/Packerland Large Conference are gymnastics, soccer, swimming, and football.