Welcome to Wallace ...

So far, we found very little information about Wallace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wallace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wallace, please Contact Us.

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Wallace would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.

The location of Wallace has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallace, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wallace is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Wallace was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Wallace, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Wallace still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code.

Websites for Wallace ...

Junior League:   www.jldekalb.org/

Communities Also Named Wallace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Wallace: This one is located in DeKalb County and the other is located in Pulaski County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 48 communities that are also named Wallace - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wallace ...

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

• Atlanta
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 512,550 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• South Fulton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
• Roswell
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
  • Roswell is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roswell <5>
• Johns Creek
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
  • Johns Creek is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,192 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johns Creek <5>
• Alpharetta
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpharetta
  • Alpharetta is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpharetta <5>
• Marietta
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Smyrna
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Smyrna is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <5>
• Brookhaven
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
• Stonecrest
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
• Dunwoody West
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoody West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
  • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people

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 Wallace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wallace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wallace. 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 Wallace.

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

Adding Wallace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wallace in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Wallace post office opened in 1839.

We also found Wallace on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallace.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for DeKalb County: www.co.dekalb.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/