Walnut Creek, Ohio
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Holmes
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|subdivision_name3 = Walnut Creek
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|area_total_km2 = 5.76
|area_land_km2 = 5.76
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|area_total_sq_mi = 2.22
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|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 908
|population_density_km2 = 157.68
|population_density_sq_mi = 408.46
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 1106
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 44687
|area_code = 330
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|blank_info = 39-80612
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|blank1_info = 2628984{{GNIS|2628984}}
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Walnut Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 908. Located in Ohio's Amish Country, Walnut Creek is a popular location for tourists.{{cite web|url=http://www.walnutcreekohio.org|title=Welcome to Walnut Creek Ohio|publisher=VisitWalnutCreek.com|accessdate=September 11, 2012}}
History
File:Carlisle Gifts 2017-01-11 050.jpg in Walnut Creek]]
Walnut Creek was laid out in 1826.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=154|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=138}} Originally named New Carlisle, the village was renamed to Walnut Creek when the post office was established in 1841.{{Cite book |last=Westfall |first=Larry |title=Ninety-Nine Rats on a String |publisher=Carlisle Printing |year=2013 |isbn=978-0615847825 |location=Sugarcreek, OH |pages=15}}
Beginning in the 1990s business leaders developed Walnut Creek into an American-Victorian themed town, which the University of Dayton's Susan Trollinger calls "puzzling" because of the stark contrast between Victorian overdecorating and the Amish plainness.{{Cite book|last=Trollinger|first=Susan L.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/823654526|title=Selling the Amish : the tourism of nostalgia|date=2012|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-1-4214-0467-7|location=Baltimore|oclc=823654526}}{{Rp|page=49–50}} Tourist-oriented businesses typically include "resting places" such as parlors in hotels or wrapround porches lined with rocking chairs or other seating on retail shops, which emphasizes a sense of having plentiful time.{{Rp|page=57}} Her conclusion is that the Victorian theme and emphasis on resting places is capitalizing on the attraction of nostalgia for a simpler life with plentiful time, which it has in common with the Amish.{{Rp|page=|pages=51–60}} Large parking lots and sidewalks connect the business district, which is condensed into six square blocks and connected by wide sidewalks, further encouraging a feeling of a slower-pace and life lived on foot.{{Rp|page=59}} American flags and other patriotic-themed decor are commonly displayed in both exterior and interior spaces, which Trollinger again finds interesting when contrasted to the Amish, who refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and do not fly flags at their schools and homes.{{Rp|page=70}}
Geography
Walnut Creek is in eastern Holmes County, sitting atop a {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} ridge between Goose Creek to the north and Walnut Creek to the south. It is part of the Tuscarawas River watershed.
It lies at the intersection of State Routes 39 and 515. Route 39 leads west {{convert|11|mi}} to Millersburg, the Holmes county seat, and east {{convert|17|mi}} to New Philadelphia, while Route 515 leads north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Winesburg.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Walnut Creek CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|4467|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.08%, are water.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2010= 878
|2020= 908
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3980612| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Walnut Creek CDP, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 9, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213104705/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3980612| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}
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Education
East Holmes Local Schools operates Walnut Creek Elementary School in the community.{{cite web | url=http://www.eastholmes.k12.oh.us/walnut-creek | title=Walnut Creek Elementary | publisher=East Holmes Local Schools | accessdate=February 26, 2018}}
Walnut Creek has a public library, a branch of the Holmes County District Public Library.{{cite web | url=http://www.holmeslibrary.org/hours-locations/ | title=Hours and locations | publisher=Holmes County District Public Library | accessdate=February 25, 2018}}
References
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{{Holmes County, Ohio}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Holmes County, Ohio
Category:Census-designated places in Ohio
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