Do you know of Walker ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Walker. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Walker.
Our sources for Walker (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Walker other than they indicate that Walker would be found somewhere in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1895.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Walker ...
We found 48 communities that share the name Walker.
Within Massachusetts, the name Walker is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 47 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Walker [Colbert County].
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Walker [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Walker.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Walker [Los Angeles County].
- Mono County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Walker [Mono County].
- Siskiyou County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Walker [Siskiyou County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Walker [Weld County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Walker [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Walker [Dougherty County].
- Idaho
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Walker [Madison County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Walker [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Walker [Ellis County].
- Kentucky
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Walker [Knox County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Walker [Aroostook County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Walker [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Emmet County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walker [Emmet County].
- Kalamazoo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walker [Kalamazoo County].
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walker [Kent County].
- Ottawa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Walker [Ottawa County].
- Minnesota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Walker [Cass County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Walker [Vernon County].
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Walker [Gallatin County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Cleveland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Walker [Cleveland County].
- Tulsa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Walker [Tulsa County].
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Walker [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walker [Centre County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walker [Fayette County].
- Tioga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Walker [Tioga County].
- South Carolina
- Barnwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walker [Barnwell County].
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walker [Spartanburg County].
- South Dakota
- Corson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Walker [Corson County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Walker [Davis County].
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Walker [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Walker [Wood County].
- Wisconsin
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Walker [Wood County].
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Walker ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Walker:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Walker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Bristol County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bristol County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Walker could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |