Welcome to Walnut Grove ...

Walnut Grove is located in Yavapai County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Walnut Grove: Walnut Grv.

Walnut Grove is 3,660 feet [1,116 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Walnut Grove is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Walnut Grove lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Walnut Grove is located in the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Walnut Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 69 communities that are also named Walnut Grove - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (9), British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (15), Texas (4), Utah, Virginia (6), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut Grove.

Communities near Walnut Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Walnut Grove.

• Prescott
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
  • Prescott is located in Yavapai County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,837 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prescott <3>
• Wagoner ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
  • Wagoner is located in Yavapai County
• Kirkland Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Junction
  • Kirkland Junction is located in Yavapai County
• Shelley ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelley
  • Shelley is located in Yavapai County
• Lapham ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham
  • Lapham is located in Yavapai County
• Minnehaha Flats ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minnehaha Flats. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Flats
  • Minnehaha Flats is located in Yavapai County
• Palace Station ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palace Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Station
  • Palace Station is located in Yavapai County
• Wilhoit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
  • Wilhoit is located in Yavapai County
• Minnehaha ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnehaha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
  • Minnehaha is located in Yavapai County
• Peeples Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples Valley
  • Peeples Valley is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peeples Valley <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Walnut Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walnut Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walnut Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Walnut Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Grove ...

Looking for more information about Walnut Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Walnut Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Walnut Grove.

Adding Walnut Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walnut Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Walnut Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Walnut Grove post office opened in 1874.

We also found Walnut Grove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut Grove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/