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Welcome to Walnut Bottom ...

Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnut Bottom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Walnut Bottom is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walnut Bottom: 717 & 223<3>

The ZIP code for Walnut Bottom: 17266<4>

Communities Also Named Walnut Bottom ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Walnut Bottom - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Walnut Bottom ...

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

  • Chambersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlisle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Shippensburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Holly Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mont Alto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Newville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Biglerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Arendtsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • York Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bendersville
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Bottom. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walnut Bottom.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnut Bottom ...

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

Adding Walnut Bottom to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walnut Bottom post office opened in 1850.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walnut Bottom - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Walnut Bottom area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Walnut Bottom area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Walnut Bottom). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Walnut Bottom or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/