From
Wikipedia
"About 1916, the school districts of Smith Hall and nearby Elms Springs merged, after which local landowner Albert Latham — whose property included a farm and walnut grove on the northwest corner of Midway and Six Mile Road — offered the new district 10 acres of land in exchange for naming the new school Walnut Hill School."
Citing Eva Potter Morgan. Preston Hollow: a documentary history, 1850–1950, Dallas: Great Impressions Printing & Graphics, 2001, pages 164–165.
h/t to profbarium over at the DFWUForum
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