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Welcome to Walnut Grove ...

Walnut Grove is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for Walnut Grove: Walnut Grv.

Walnut Grove is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Walnut Grove: 563

Communities Also Named Walnut Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 69 communities that are also named Walnut Grove - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas (9), British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (15), Texas (4), Utah, Virginia (6), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Walnut Grove ...

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

  • Davenport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <3>
  • Rock Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bettendorf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • East Moline
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • East Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
  • Silvis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Silvis is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <3>
  • Eldridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Colona
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Colona is located in Henry County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colona <3>
  • Milan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <3>
  • Le Claire
    (18 miles [29 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 Walnut Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walnut Grove.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Grove ...

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

Adding Walnut Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walnut Grove post office opened in 1844. The Walnut Grove post office closed in 1872.

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

Footnotes ...

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