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Welcome to Wallingford ...

Wallingford is located in Will County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Wallingford, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallingford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1847.

Wallingford is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Wallingford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Wallingford, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Wallingford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Wallingford - they are located in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington.

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

Communities near Wallingford ...

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

  • Joliet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orland Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Tinley Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinley Park
    • Tinley Park is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tinley Park <4>
  • Chicago Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • New Lenox
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lenox
    • New Lenox is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,088 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lenox <4>
  • Oak Forest
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
    • Oak Forest is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,884 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Forest <4>
  • Lockport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Kankakee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Homer Glen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
    • Homer Glen is located in Will County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
    • Homer Glen has also been known as:
    • Homer Glen village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <4>
  • Park Forest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallingford ...

Looking for more information about Wallingford? 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 Wallingford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wallingford.

Adding Wallingford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wallingford 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 Wallingford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wallingford post office opened in 1847.

We also found Wallingford in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallingford.

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

The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Will, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wallingford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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