Welcome to Walnut Hills ...

Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County<1>.

The location of Walnut Hills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of Walnut Hills: WALL-nut<3>

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.<4>.

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

The telephone area code for Walnut Hills: (513)

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Butler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,148 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <5>
• Fairfield
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Fairfield is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,603 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <5>
• Covington
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Covington is located in Kenton County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,314 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>
• Mason
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Mason is located in Warren County
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Florence is located in Boone County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,423 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <5>
• Independence
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Kenton County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,903 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <5>
• Norwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Norwood is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,696 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <5>
• Erlanger
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlanger
  • Erlanger is located in Kenton County (KY)
  • 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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Forest Park is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,534 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Park <5>
• Fort Thomas
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Thomas
  • Fort Thomas is located in Campbell County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,261 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Thomas <5>

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 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.

We also found Walnut Hills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/