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Welcome to Walnut Hills ...

Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County<1>.

The pronunciation of Walnut Hills: WALL-nut<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Hills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Walnut Hills is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Walnut Hills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Walnut Hills: 513 & 283<4>

Communities Also Named Walnut Hills ...

While we believe that this Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County, we know of another 4 Ohio communities named Walnut Hills. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clark, Jackson, Montgomery and Stark County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 17 communities that are also named Walnut Hills - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Walnut Hills ...

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

  • Hamilton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fairfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mason
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mason is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <5>
  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Independence
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Norwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Erlanger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Erlanger is located in Kenton County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlanger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erlanger <5>
  • Forest Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fort Thomas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Hills ...

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

Adding Walnut Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walnut Hills post office opened in 1832. The Walnut Hills post office closed in 1870.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Walnut Hills. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walnut Hills - 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 513 code has been Overlayed with the 283 area code. New phone numbers in the Walnut Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 513 or 283. As a result, placing a call in the Walnut Hills 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/