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Welcome to Wallin ...

Wallin is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Wallin is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wallin: 712

Communities Also Named Wallin ...

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

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

Communities near Wallin ...

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

  • Red Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Corning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Villisca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Griswold
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Stanton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Emerson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lewis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Elliott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Elliott is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elliott <3>
  • Cumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Nodaway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nodaway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
    • Nodaway is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 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 Wallin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wallin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallin ...

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

Adding Wallin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wallin post office opened in 1898.

We also found Wallin on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wallin - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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