Welcome to Walnut Grove ...
So far, we found very little information about Walnut Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Walnut Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Walnut Grove - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Walnut Grove, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Walnut Grove , we believe that it would have been located within present day Knox County<2>.
The pronunciation of Walnut Grove: WAWL-nuht<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.
A typical abbreviation for Walnut Grove: Walnut Grv.
Time Zone: The area where Walnut Grove was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Walnut Grove once stood is in the (309) area code.
Communities Also Named Walnut Grove ...
While we believe that this Walnut Grove is located in Knox County, we know of another 2 Illinois communities named Walnut Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: McDonough and Putnam County.
Beyond Illinois, there are 69 communities that are also named Walnut Grove - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas (9), British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (2), 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.
Adding Walnut Grove to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Walnut Grove post office opened in 1844.
We also found Walnut Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut Grove.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Walnut Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Walnut Grove. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |