Balch may refer to:

People with the surname

Academics

* Herbert E. Balch (1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver * Jennifer Balch American wildfire scientist * Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College * Reg Balch (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist * Robert W. Balch (born 1945), American sociologist *

Stephen Balch Stephen H. Balch is an American conservative scholar and higher education reformer. He was the founding president of the National Association of Scholars from 1987 to 2009. Early life and education Balch was born on January 31, 1944, into a Jew ...

, American scholar * Thomas Balch (historian) (1821–1877), American historian

Military

* George Beall Balch (1821–1908), American naval officer * John Henry Balch (1896–1980), US Navy * Joseph Pope Balch (1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island

Others

* Albert V. Balch (1828–1915), American politician *

Alfred Balch Alfred Balch (September 17, 1785 – June 21, 1853) was an American businessman, lawyer, political advisor, and a judge in Florida Territory from 1840 to 1841. Originally from back east, he moved to Nashville in the early 19th century and became ...

(1785–1853), American businessman, lawyer, political advisor, and judge * Antony Balch (1937–1980), British film director * Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient * John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts * Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright *

Stephen Bloomer Balch Stephen Bloomer Balch (April 5, 1747 – September 7, 1833) was a Presbyterian minister and educator in Georgetown, which is now part of Washington, D.C. In 1780, Balch established Georgetown Presbyterian Church, which was the second church in ...

(1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister *

William Ralston Balch William Ralston Balch (pseudonym C. C. C.; December 9, 1852 – March 7, 1923) was an American journalist and author who wrote ''The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge'', among other reference works. A supplemented edition of James Sanks Br ...

(1852 – 1923), American journalist and author

Places

* Balch (crater), on Venus *

Balkh Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. It is located approximately to the northwest of the provincial capital city Mazar-i-Sharif and approximately to the south of the Amu Darya and the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border. In 2021 ...

, alternatively Balch, an ancient city in Afghanistan * Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England *

Balch Creek Balch Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning at the crest of the Tualatin Mountains (West Hills), the creek flows generally east down a canyon along Northwest Cornell Road in unincorporated Multnomah ...

in Portland, Oregon *

Balch Fieldhouse Balch Fieldhouse is a 4,000, at one point seating 7,000, seat multi-purpose arena in Boulder, Colorado. It opened in 1937. It was home to the University of Colorado Buffaloes basketball teams until the CU Events Center opened in 1979. The Fiel ...

, arena in Boulder, Colorado *

Balch Hall Balch Hall is the only remaining all-female dormitory, residence hall on the Cornell North Campus, North Campus of Cornell University. Originally, Balch Hall consisted of four eighty-student halls, hence the more former name the Balch Halls, which ...

, at Cornell University *

Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio) The Balch House is a historic house in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located along Greendale Avenue in that city's Clifton neighborhood, it is a two-and-a-half- story building constructed primarily in the Queen Anne style of architecture. ...

, a registered historic building *

Balch Pond Balch Pond is a water body located on the New Hampshire-Maine border, in the towns of Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Acton and Newfield, Maine. A northwest portion of the lake in New Hampshire is known as Stump Pond. Water flows from the eastern ...

, on the Maine-New Hampshire border *

Balch Springs, Texas Balch Springs ( , ) is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 23,728 at the 2010 census, and 25,007 at 2019's census estimates. Histo ...

Vessels

* USS ''Balch'' (DD-363) * USS ''Balch'' (DD-50)

Other uses

Balch & Bingham Balch & Bingham LLP is a United States law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. As of 2022, Balch & Bingham was the fourth largest law firm in Birmingham. The firm has additional offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Wash ...

, a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama *Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the

Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historic research facility headquartered on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia. It is a repository for millions of historic items ranging across rare books, scholarly monographs, family chron ...

in Philadelphia