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Welcome to Walbo ...

Walbo is located in Isanti County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walbo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Walbo is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Walbo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Walbo ...

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

  • East Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • North Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cambridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Francis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Isanti
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Zimmerman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
    • Zimmerman has also been known as:
    • Lake Fremont
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <3>
  • Princeton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Nowthen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nowthen is located in Anoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowthen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,732 people
  • Rush City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walbo ...

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

Adding Walbo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walbo post office opened in 1892. The Walbo post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walbo.

Footnotes ...

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