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Welcome to Waltersburg ...

Waltersburg is located in Pope County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waltersburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Waltersburg is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Waltersburg: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Waltersburg ...

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

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

Communities near Waltersburg ...

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

  • Metropolis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Vienna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Rosiclare
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brookport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Golconda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Joppa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Stonefort
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waltersburg ...

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

Adding Waltersburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Waltersburg post office opened in 1878. The Waltersburg post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waltersburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Pope, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waltersburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Waltersburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Waltersburg area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/