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Welcome to Walthrall ...

So far, we found very little information about Walthrall. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Walthrall to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Walthrall, please Contact Us.

Walthrall would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walthrall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Walthrall is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Walthrall was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Walthrall (for example, toward Piedmont (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Codes where Walthrall was located: 404, 470, 678 & 770<4>

Communities near Walthrall ...

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

  • Cedartown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bremen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Temple
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockmart
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Piedmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <5>
  • Seney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Seney is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Tallapoosa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Aragon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Buchanan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cave Spring
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Walthrall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walthrall 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 (so far) for Walthrall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Walthrall post office opened in 1890. The Walthrall post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walthrall.

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 Walthrall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walthrall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Walthrall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Walthrall area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/