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Welcome to Walsh ...

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

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

Walsh would have been located within present day Wilkes County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walsh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Walsh is 2,310 feet [704 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Walsh is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Walsh was located: 336 & 743<4>

Communities Also Named Walsh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Walsh - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Walsh ...

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

  • Boone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Boone is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,003 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boone <5>
  • North Wilkesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilkesboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blowing Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • West Jefferson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lansing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Yates
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yates is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
  • Glendale Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wilbar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar

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

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

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

Adding Walsh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walsh 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 Walsh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Walsh post office opened in 1908. The Walsh post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walsh.

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 Walsh, 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 Wilkes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walsh - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Walsh area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Walsh 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/