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Welcome to Walnuttown ...

Walnuttown is located in Berks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walnuttown, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Walnuttown is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Walnuttown ...

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

  • Reading
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pottstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmaus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Wyomissing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <3>
  • Shillington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Birdsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kutztown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • West Reading
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sinking Spring
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walnuttown ...

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

Adding Walnuttown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walnuttown 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 Walnuttown was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walnuttown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Berks, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walnuttown - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.