Welcome to Walnut ...
So far, we found very little information about Walnut. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Walnut to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Walnut - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Walnut, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Walnut , we believe that it would have been located within present day Fairfield County<2>.
The pronunciation of Walnut: WALL-nut<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.
Time Zone: The area where Walnut was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Walnut once stood is in the (740) area code.
Communities Also Named Walnut ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Walnut: This one is located in Fairfield County and the other is located in Pickaway County.
Beyond Ohio, there are 25 communities that are also named Walnut - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut.
Adding Walnut to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Walnut 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Walnut post office opened in 1826.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fairfield County: www.co.fairfield.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fairfield, 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. 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/ |