Walla Walla is an
unincorporated community
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in
Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to:
Australia
* Cumberland County, New South Wales
* the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
*Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
*Cumberland, historic county
*Cumberlan ...
,
Illinois
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, United States. Walla Walla is east-southeast of
Jewett.
Namesake
It is named after
Walla Walla Walla Walla can refer to:
* Walla Walla people, a Native American tribe after which the county and city of Walla Walla, Washington, are named
* Place of many rocks in the Australian Aboriginal Wiradjuri language, the origin of the name of the town ...
, a city in
Washington state
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...
, which in turn was named after a native American term meaning "Place of Many Waters".
Geography
Walla Walla (GNIS FID: 423281) is a populated place located within the Township of Greenup, a minor civil division (MCD) of Cumberland County.
The elevation of Walla Walla is 587 feet. Walla Walla appears on the ''Greenup'' U.S. Geological Survey Map. Cumberland County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).
References
Unincorporated communities in Cumberland County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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