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Welcome to Walkersville ...

Walkersville is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walkersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Walkersville is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Walkersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Walkersville - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Walkersville ...

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

  • Monroe City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Shelbina
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Clarence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Madison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Shelbyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
  • Hunnewell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Holliday
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Holliday is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Bethel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Newark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walkersville ...

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

Adding Walkersville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walkersville post office opened in 1853. The Walkersville post office closed in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walkersville.

Footnotes ...

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