Welcome to Zumwalt ...

Zumwalt is located in Wallowa County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zumwalt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Zumwalt is 4,570 feet [1,393 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Zumwalt is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel south from Zumwalt, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Telephone area codes for Zumwalt: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Zumwalt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Zumwalt - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Zumwalt ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Zumwalt.

• Imnaha
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imnaha
  • Imnaha is located in Wallowa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imnaha <5>
• Enterprise
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Enterprise is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <5>
• Joseph
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
  • Joseph is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joseph <5>
• Evans
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Evans is located in Wallowa County
• Flora ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Flora is located in Wallowa County
• Lostine
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine
  • Lostine is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lostine <5>
• Wallowa
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallowa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallowa
  • Wallowa is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallowa <5>
• Boles
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Boles is located in Idaho County (ID)
• Maxville ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Maxville is located in Wallowa County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zumwalt ...

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

Adding Zumwalt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Zumwalt post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zumwalt.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Wallowa County: www.co.wallowa.or.us/

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