The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Walton.
The first and only post office in Walton was established in 1880. The community was named for A. Walton, a pioneer settler.
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History · Walton
Walton’s post office opened in 1880
Most of Walton was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1964 on.
1880first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Walton began
When was Walton founded?
1880
The Walton post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 351146 years
Founding year: the first Walton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Walton’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Walton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walton’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Walton on the map, 1964 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Walton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1964Walton sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Walton.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Walton itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Walton’s post office has been open since 1880.
Gone or out of use
Waltonlocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Walton’s history
What year was Walton founded?
The Walton post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.