Welcome to Attalia ...

Attalia is located in Walla Walla County<1>.

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

Attalia is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Attalia lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Attalia: 509

Communities near Attalia ...

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

• Kennewick
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kennewick is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennewick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennewick <3>
• Pasco
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pasco is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <3>
• Finley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Finley is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
• Burbank
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Burbank is located in Walla Walla County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <3>
• Ainsworth Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
• Highland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Highland is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Touchet
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Touchet is located in Walla Walla County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Touchet
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Touchet <3>
• Vansycle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Vansycle is located in Umatilla County (OR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vansycle
• West Pasco
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
• Lowden
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lowden is located in Walla Walla County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowden <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Attalia ...

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

Adding Attalia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Attalia post office opened in 1906. The Attalia post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Attalia.