Welcome to Wallace ...The city of Wallace is located in Wallace County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. The origin (or the toponymy) of Wallace: Named for Brigadier General William Hervey Lamme "W.H.L." Wallace (1821-1862), he died of his wounds following the Battle of Shiloh. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Wallace has a population of 60 people<2> (see below for details). Wallace is 3,310 feet [1,009 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Wallace is about ¾ mile [or 1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Wallace lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Wallace and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Wallace: 785 The ZIP code for Wallace: 67761<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wallace had an population of 60 people. This is an increase of 5.26% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.45% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Wallace had a population of 57 people. This makes Wallace the county's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 57 people, the population of Wallace decreased 14.93% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 67 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Wallace. Communities Also Named Wallace ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Wallace - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wallace. Communities near Wallace ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Wallace.
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 Wallace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wallace. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wallace. 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 Wallace. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallace. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wallace. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallace ...Looking for more information about Wallace? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Wallace, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wallace. Adding Wallace to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wallace 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 Wallace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallace. Footnotes ...
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