Welcome to Wallum Lake ...

So far, we found very little information about Wallum Lake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wallum Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wallum Lake, please Contact Us.

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Wallum Lake would have been located within present day Providence County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallum Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Wallum Lake: Wallum Lk.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wallum Lake is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Wallum Lake was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Wallum Lake was located: 401

Websites for Wallum Lake ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Wallum Lake ...

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

• Worcester
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Worcester is located in Worcester County (MA)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184,570 people
• Woonsocket
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Woonsocket is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
• Cumberland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
• Franklin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
• North Providence
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • North Providence is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
• Johnston
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnston is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,366 people
• Milford
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Milford is located in Worcester County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,965 people
• Lincoln
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,941 people
• Smithfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithfield is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,842 people
• Grafton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Grafton is located in Worcester County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 people

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

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

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

Adding Wallum Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wallum Lake post office opened in 1906. The Wallum Lake post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallum Lake.