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Do you know of Walnut Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Walnut Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Walnut Hill.<1>

We found mention of Walnut Hill as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marshall County, Indiana.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1864 and closed  in 1873.

Communities Also Named Walnut Hill ...

We found 37 communities that share the name Walnut Hill.

There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Walnut Hill.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Walnut Hill [Montgomery County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Walnut Hill [Limestone County].
      • Tallapoosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Walnut Hill [Tallapoosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Walnut Hill [Benton County].
      • Lafayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Walnut Hill [Lafayette County].
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Walnut Hill [New London County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Walnut Hill [New Castle County].
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Walnut Hill [Escambia County].
    • Georgia
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Walnut Hill [Franklin County].
    • Illinois
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Walnut Hill [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Walnut Hill [Bourbon County].
      • Chase County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Walnut Hill [Chase County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walnut Hill [Allen County].
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walnut Hill [Fayette County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Walnut Hill [East Baton Rouge Parish].
      • Vernon Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Walnut Hill [Vernon Parish].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Walnut Hill [Cumberland County].
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Walnut Hill [York County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Walnut Hill [Carroll County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Walnut Hill [Montgomery County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Walnut Hill [Middlesex County].
      • Norfolk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Walnut Hill [Norfolk County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Walnut Hill [Douglas County].
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Walnut Hill [Ashe County].
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Walnut Hill [Trumbull County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walnut Hill [Fayette County].
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walnut Hill [Greene County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walnut Hill [Montgomery County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walnut Hill [Beaufort County].
    • Tennessee
      • Crockett County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walnut Hill [Crockett County].
      • Hawkins County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walnut Hill [Hawkins County].
      • Roane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walnut Hill [Roane County].
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Walnut Hill [Sullivan County].
    • Virginia
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Walnut Hill [Lee County].
      • Petersburg City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Walnut Hill [Petersburg City].
      • Stafford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Walnut Hill [Stafford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Walnut Hill [Logan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Walnut Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Walnut Hill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Marshall County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marshall County.

Ayr 
 Nye
Berlinton 
BlissvilleOnondaga
Brothersville 
 Railsbacks
Donelson 
 Summit
Ilion 
 Tippecanoetown
Lake LatonkaTyner City
Lake of the Woods 
 Wolf Creek
Marmont 
MarshallYellow River

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Walnut Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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