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Welcome to Walnut Wells ...

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

We've added Walnut Wells to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Walnut Wells - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Walnut Wells, please Contact Us.


While we don't have the exact location of Walnut Wells , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hidalgo County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Wells, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

A typical abbreviation for Walnut Wells: Walnut Wls.

Time Zone: The area where Walnut Wells was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Walnut Wells was located: 575

Adding Walnut Wells to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Walnut Wells was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Walnut Wells post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnut Wells.

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 Walnut Wells, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Hidalgo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/