Walnut

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Walnut

Total population

1,342

Median home value

$115,900

14.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$62,500

Walnut$63k

National$74k

Elevation406 m

Land area5.58 km²

Coordinates41.49°, -95.22°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Walnut is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 747 at the time of the 2020 census. Walnut is located on Interstate 80 and is famous for its many antique stores. In recent years Walnut has become a regional center of wind turbine electrical generation.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Edwin T. Meredith

American businessman (1876–1928)

Richard Beymer

American actor (born 1938)

Jack Drake

American politician (1934-2015)

B

Bill Kay

American gridiron football player (1925-2007)

Richard C. Turner

American lawyer and politician

Arnold W. Jacobsen

United States Marine Corps general (1892-1970)

M

Maurice J. Fletcher

American mechanical engineer

Orfa Jean Shontz

American attorney and municipal judge

R

Robert L. Larsen

American opera teacher and administrator

J

John Lawrence McCauley

American architect

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Hancock
  9.8 mi away · pop. 216
• Shelby
  11.9 mi away
• Harlan
  12.4 mi away · pop. 4,891
• Tennant
  13.7 mi away · pop. 84
• Westphalia
  18.3 mi away
• Exira
  18.9 mi away · pop. 705
• Panama
  21 mi away · pop. 245
• Underwood
  25.1 mi away
• Manilla
  27.9 mi away
• Manning
  30.1 mi away · pop. 1,533
• Woodbine
  30.6 mi away
• Red Oak
  32.8 mi away · pop. 5,510

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Walnut

Walnut Memoirs

Roma Lehnhardt Arndt · 1966

Short horns at auction

Pritchard, W. E. · 1916

Ground-water levels and flow at selected study sites in the Walnut Creek Management System Evaluation Area, Boone and Story counties, Iowa, 1991-93

Robert Buchmiller · 1996

Myer's black walnut

Berhow Nurseries · 1945

Management systems evaluation area, Iowa - Walnut Creek watershed

1992

Walnut Creek nonpoint source monitoring project, Jasper County, Iowa

Kyle E. Schilling · 1999

Reports on the Walnut Creek Watershed monitoring project, Jasper County, Iowa

Kyle E. Schilling · 2002

The Ingalls family from Plum Creek to Walnut Grove via Burr Oak, Iowa

Irene V. Lichty · 1970

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