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Welcome to Wall Rose ...

Wall Rose is located in Beaver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wall Rose, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863.

Wall Rose is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Wall Rose ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Wall Rose, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Wall Rose ...

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

  • Pittsburgh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilkinsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
  • Aliquippa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Castle Shannon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Beaver Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dormont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bellevue
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carnegie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ellwood City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wall Rose ...

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

Adding Wall Rose to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wall Rose 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 Wall Rose was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wall Rose post office opened in 1863. The Wall Rose post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wall Rose.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Beaver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wall Rose - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/