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Welcome to Walnut ...

Walnut is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Walnut is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Walnut lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Walnut (for example, toward North Judson), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Walnut: 574

Communities Also Named Walnut ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Walnut - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Walnut ...

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

  • Plymouth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rochester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bremen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bourbon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Argos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Argos is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argos <3>
  • Culver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Culver is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
  • Akron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mentone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Silver Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Kewanna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kewanna is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 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 Walnut. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walnut.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut ...

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

Adding Walnut to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walnut post office opened in 1869. The Walnut post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut.

Footnotes ...

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