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Welcome to Walmsley ...

Walmsley is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walmsley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Walmsley is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walmsley: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Walmsley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Walmsley: This one is located in Northumberland County and the other is located in Stafford County.

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

Communities near Walmsley ...

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

  • Tappahannock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Warsaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Montross
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Morrisons Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrisons Corner is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisons Corner
  • Farnham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Farnham is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
  • Kinsale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lara
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lara is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
  • Rich Neck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
  • Downings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Downings is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walmsley ...

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

Adding Walmsley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walmsley 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 Walmsley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walmsley post office opened in 1914. The Walmsley post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walmsley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Northumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walmsley - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Walmsley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Walmsley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/