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Welcome to Walville ...

Walville is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Walville is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walville: 360 & 564<3>

Communities near Walville ...

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

  • Doty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lebam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Curtis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Fayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fayette is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
  • Adna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Menlo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Menlo is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
  • Claquato
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Claquato is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claquato
  • Grays River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Newaukum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Newaukum is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newaukum
  • Chehalis Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chehalis Village is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chehalis Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walville ...

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

Adding Walville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Walville post office opened in 1903. The Walville post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walville - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Walville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Walville 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/