Do you know of Walsh ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Walsh. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Walsh.

We found mention of Walsh as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Etowah County, Alabama.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Walsh ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Walsh.

Within Alabama, the name Walsh is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Walsh.
- California
  - Plumas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Walsh [Plumas County].
- Colorado
  - Baca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Walsh [Baca County].
- Illinois
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Walsh [Randolph County].
- Iowa
  - Appanoose County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Walsh [Appanoose County].
- Kentucky
  - Greenup County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walsh [Greenup County].
- Louisiana
  - Bienville Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Walsh [Bienville Parish].
- Michigan
  - Schoolcraft County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walsh [Schoolcraft County].
- Mississippi
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Walsh [Warren County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Walsh.
- North Carolina
  - Wilkes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Walsh [Wilkes County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Walsh.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walsh [Clearfield County].
- South Carolina
  - Beaufort County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walsh [Beaufort County].
- Wisconsin
  - Marinette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Walsh [Marinette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Walsh ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Walsh:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Walsh - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Etowah County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Etowah County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Walsh could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.