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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Walker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Walker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Walker, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Walker (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Walker. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Walker is historic, it would have been located within present day Colbert County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Walker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walker:
- Colbert County (The home county of Walker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Cherokee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Denton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Burntout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Red Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Belgreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Threet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- McGee Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cypress Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Zip City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Saint Florian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Glens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jacinto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Searcy Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rienzi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Biggersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Burton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- New Site
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Booneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Oldham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Short
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holcut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Lowryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Nash Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pyburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Hamburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Shiloh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Tulu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Stantonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Guys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Lutts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Collinwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walker, see our County-by-County Page for Walker.
Cemeteries Near Walker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walker.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Walker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Crenshaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carytown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Douthit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jackson Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snowdown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morris Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Canaan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pride Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (674 more) ...
- Burnstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Walker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
- Riverton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Margerum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Iuka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Cherokee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravelly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Short
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Smithsonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Rhodesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Barton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Maud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maud is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walker.
Newspapers Published in Walker ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walker, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Walker:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Walker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |