Welcome to Walker County ...

Time Zone: Walker County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Jasper is the Seat for Walker County.

Walker County was founded in 1823. Walker was created by taking area from Blount, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Walker had a population of 63,680 people. This is a decrease of 4.99% since the last Census (which gave a population of 67,023 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Walker represented 1.4% of the total population of Alabama.

Below are some of the communities located in Walker County:

• Carbon Hill
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,885 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbon Hill<2>
• Cordova
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,820 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cordova<2>
• Dora
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,979 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora<2>
• Eldridge
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldridge<2>
• Jasper
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,278 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper<2>
• Kansas
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
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• Nauvoo
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nauvoo<2>
• Oakman
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
  • Former names for Oakman:
  • Day's Gap
  • Marietta
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman<2>
• Parrish
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
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• Sipsey
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
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• Sumiton
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
  • Former names for Sumiton:
  • Commercial
  • Democrat
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton<2>

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Alabama
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History

• Websites specific to Walker County
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  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Websites for nearby counties
  • Blount County
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  • Cullman County
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  • Fayette County
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  • Jefferson County
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  • Marion County
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  • Tuscaloosa County
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  • Winston County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Walker County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Walker County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.