Welcome to Walterville ...

Walterville is located in Lane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walterville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

Walterville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Walterville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Walterville: (541) and (458)<3>

Communities near Walterville ...

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

• Eugene
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
  • Eugene is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eugene <4>
• Springfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,209 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <4>
• Creswell
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creswell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
  • Creswell is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creswell <4>
• Lowell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
  • Lowell is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <4>
• Coburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
  • Coburg is located in Lane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,195 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coburg <4>
• Thurston
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
  • Thurston is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurston <4>
• Jasper
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Jasper is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <4>
• Fall Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
  • Fall Creek is located in Lane County
• Leaburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaburg
  • Leaburg is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leaburg <4>
• Marcola
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcola
  • Marcola is located in Lane County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcola <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walterville ...

Looking for more information about Walterville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Walterville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Walterville.

Adding Walterville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walterville post office opened in 1875.

We also found Walterville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walterville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/