Welcome to Walnut Hill ...

Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1842.

Walnut Hill is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Walnut Hill: (870)

Communities Also Named Walnut Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Walnut Hill: This one is located in Lafayette County and the other is located in Benton County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 36 communities that are also named Walnut Hill - they are located in Alabama (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (2), Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Virginia (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Walnut Hill ...

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

• Springhill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
  • Springhill is located in Webster Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,684 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springhill <4>
• Lewisville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Lewisville is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <4>
• Cullen
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cullen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
  • Cullen is located in Webster Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cullen <4>
• Plain Dealing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain Dealing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Dealing
  • Plain Dealing is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plain Dealing <4>
• Fouke
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fouke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
  • Fouke is located in Miller County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fouke <4>
• Taylor
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Columbia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
• Hosston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosston
  • Hosston is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hosston <4>
• Garland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Garland is located in Miller County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
• Ida
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
• Missionary
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missionary have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
  • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Hill ...

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

Adding Walnut Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walnut Hill 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 Walnut Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walnut Hill post office opened in 1842.

We also found Walnut Hill in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/