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Welcome to Big Walnut ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Walnut, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Big Walnut is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Big Walnut was located: 614 & 380<4>

Communities Also Named Big Walnut ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Big Walnut: This one is located in Franklin County and the other is located in Delaware County.

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

Communities near Big Walnut ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Big Walnut to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Big Walnut 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 Big Walnut was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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 Big Walnut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio'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 Big Walnut - 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 614 code has been Overlayed with the 380 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Walnut area will be assigned with one of these codes: 614 or 380. As a result, placing a call in the Big Walnut 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.