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Welcome to Wald ...

Wald is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wald, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Wald is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Wald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wald - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Wald ...

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

  • Mount Vernon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • West Liberty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Tipton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wilton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Wilton is located in Muscatine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <3>
  • Solon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Solon is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,771 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solon <3>
  • West Branch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lisbon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Durant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
  • Clarence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wald ...

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

Adding Wald to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wald post office opened in 1896. The Wald post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wald.

Footnotes ...

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