Walker, Arizona
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Walker, Arizona
|official_name =
|settlement_type = Populated place
|pushpin_map = USA Arizona#USA
|pushpin_label = Walker
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Arizona
|pushpin_mapsize =
|image_map =
|map_caption = Location within Yavapai County
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Arizona
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Yavapai
|population_as_of = 2010
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MST
|utc_offset_DST = -7
|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite GNIS|35817|Feature Detail Report for: Walker}}
|elevation_ft = 6289
|elevation_m = 1917
|coordinates = {{coord|34|27|21|N|112|22|42|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP codes
|postal_code =
|area_code = 928
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = {{FIPS|04|80710}}
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = {{GNIS4|35817}}
}}
Walker is a populated place situated in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.{{cite web | url=http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/yavapai/walker.cfm | publisher=AZ Hometown Locator| title=Walker (in Yavapai County, AZ) Populated Place Profile | access-date=July 22, 2017}} It has an estimated elevation of {{convert|6289|ft|m}} above sea level.
History
The settlement was named after 19th-century mountain man Joseph R. Walker.
Walker's population was 200 in 1890,{{Cite book |last=Cram |first=George Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPAwAQAAMAAJ&dq=cram%2527s+1885+atlas&pg=PA330 |title=Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States |date=1890 |publisher=G.F. Cram |page=349 |language=en}} and 39 in 1920.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=165–166 |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- {{wikivoyage inline|Walker (Arizona)}}
- [https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/walker.html Walker] – ghosttowns.com
{{Yavapai County, Arizona}}