Welcome to Walton (aka 'Walton Junction') ...
Walton is located in Grand Traverse County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Walton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.
Walton is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Walton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Walton: 231
The community of Walton has also been called Walton Junction.
Communities Also Named Walton ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Walton - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (4), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walton.
Communities near Walton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Walton.
- Traverse City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cadillac
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kalkaska
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalkaska have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalkaska
- Kalkaska is located in Kalkaska County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,083 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalkaska <3>
- Kingsley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
- Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <3>
- Manton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton
- Manton is located in Wexford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manton <3>
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buckley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fife Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fife Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife Lake
- Fife Lake is located in Kalkaska County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife Lake <3>
- Mesick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesick
- Mesick is located in Wexford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesick <3>
- Baxter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baxter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Baxter is located in Wexford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Baxter
- From Walton to Baxter
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 Walton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walton. 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 Walton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Walton. See our Newspapers Page for Walton.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walton ...
Looking for more information about Walton? 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 Walton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Walton.
Adding Walton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Walton 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 for Walton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Walton post office opened in 1873.
We also found Walton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Walton.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Grand Traverse, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walton - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |