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Welcome to Walnut Grove ...

Walnut Grove is located in Independence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Walnut Grove: Walnut Grv.

Walnut Grove is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Walnut Grove ...

While we believe that this Walnut Grove is located in Independence County, we know of another 8 Arkansas communities named Walnut Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clay, Columbia, Little River, Poinsett, Pope, Van Buren, Washington and Yell County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 69 communities that are also named Walnut Grove - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois (3), 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.

Communities near Walnut Grove ...

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

  • Batesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Southside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Southside is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Cave City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuckerman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Diaz
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Diaz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Newark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Newark is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <3>
  • Swifton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Swifton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Sulphur Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Strawberry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 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 Walnut Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walnut Grove.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Grove ...

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

Adding Walnut Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walnut Grove 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 (so far) 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 1852. The Walnut Grove post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Independence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walnut Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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