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Welcome to Walton ...

Walton is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

Walton is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walton: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Walton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Walton: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Prince William County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 30 communities that are also named Walton - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (4), Utah and West Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Walton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

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

Communities near Walton ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Radford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
    • Radford is located in Radford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,255 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radford <4>
  • Pulaski
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dublin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Pulaski County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
  • Pembroke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Floyd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Prices Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
    • Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
  • Sunset Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Sunset Village is located in Radford City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walton ...

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

Adding Walton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walton post office opened in 1905.

We also found Walton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walton - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Walton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Walton 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/