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Welcome to Walloon Lake ...

Walloon Lake is located in Charlevoix County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Walloon Lake: Walloon Lk.

Walloon Lake is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Walloon Lake: 231

The ZIP code for Walloon Lake: 49796<3>

Communities near Walloon Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walloon Lake ...

Looking for more information about Walloon Lake? 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 Walloon Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Walloon Lake.

Adding Walloon Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walloon Lake 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 Walloon Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walloon Lake post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walloon Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Charlevoix, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walloon Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Walloon Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Walloon Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/