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Welcome to Waltreak ...

Waltreak is located in Yell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waltreak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Waltreak is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Waltreak: 479

Communities near Waltreak ...

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

  • Danville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Magazine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Belleville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Havana
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Corinth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Corinth is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Bluffton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Briggsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Briggsville is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
  • Gravelly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waltreak ...

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

Adding Waltreak to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waltreak 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 Waltreak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Waltreak post office opened in 1925. The Waltreak post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waltreak.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waltreak - 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/