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Welcome to Wallingford ...

Wallingford is located in Will County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallingford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1847.

Wallingford is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Wallingford and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Wallingford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Wallingford - they are located in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington.

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

Communities near Wallingford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallingford ...

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

Adding Wallingford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wallingford post office opened in 1847.

We also found Wallingford in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallingford.

Footnotes ...

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