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Welcome to Waltersville ...

Waltersville is located in Powell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waltersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Waltersville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Waltersville and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Waltersville: 606

Communities Also Named Waltersville ...

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

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

Communities near Waltersville ...

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

  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Sterling
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Stanton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Irvine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jeffersonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Camargo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Ravenna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Frenchburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hatton Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek
  • Morris Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Morris Creek is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waltersville ...

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

Adding Waltersville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Waltersville post office opened in 1889. The Waltersville post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waltersville.

Footnotes ...

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