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Welcome to Walsh ...

Walsh is located in Greenup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walsh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Walsh is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Walsh: 606

Communities Also Named Walsh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Walsh - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Walsh ...

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

  • Portsmouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ironton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ironton is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,418 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironton <3>
  • Flatwoods
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Russell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Raceland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • New Boston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Worthington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Worthington is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
  • Vanceburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Greenup
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wurtland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wurtland is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 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 Walsh. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walsh.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walsh ...

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

Adding Walsh to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walsh post office opened in 1900. The Walsh post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walsh.

Footnotes ...

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