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Welcome to Walbert ...

So far, we found very little information about Walbert. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Walbert to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Walbert, please Contact Us.

Walbert would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walbert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Walbert is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Walbert was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Walbert ...

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

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

Communities near Walbert ...

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

  • Union
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Union is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <4>
  • Sullivan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Clair
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cuba
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cuba is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
  • Owensville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • New Haven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bourbon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Gerald
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Parkway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Parkway is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 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 Walbert. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walbert.

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

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

Adding Walbert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walbert in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Walbert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walbert post office opened in 1895. The Walbert post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walbert.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Walbert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walbert - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/