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Welcome to Walkersville ...

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

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

Walkersville would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walkersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Walkersville is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Walkersville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Walkersville was located: 704 & 980<4>

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, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Walkersville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountycoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Walkersville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Walkersville ...

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

  • Indian Trail
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Monroe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Matthews
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fort Mill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Waxhaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stallings
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Weddington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wesley Chapel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <5>
  • Unionville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Unionville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 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 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.

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.<6>

From that list, the Walkersville post office opened in 1826. The Walkersville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walkersville.

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 Walkersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walkersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Walkersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Walkersville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/