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Introduction ...

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Walker is located in Madison County.

To see how the shape of Idaho's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson & Teton.

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:

  • Madison County     (The home county of Walker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Rexburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Archer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
      • Archer is located in Madison County
    • Sugar City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City
      • Sugar City is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar City <1>
    • Edmonds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
      • Edmonds is located in Madison County
    • Plano
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Plano is located in Madison County
  • Bonneville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Ucon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ucon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucon
      • Ucon is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ucon <1>
    • Iona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
      • Iona is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,441 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iona <1>
    • Ammon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
      • Ammon is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ammon <1>
    • Ozone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ozone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
      • Ozone is located in Bonneville County
    • Idaho Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Valley
      • Swan Valley is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Valley <1>
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Teton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
      • Teton is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teton <1>
    • Wilford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilford
      • Wilford is located in Fremont County
    • Newdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
      • Newdale is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newdale <1>
    • Parker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Parker is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parker <1>
    • Saint Anthony
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
      • Saint Anthony is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anthony <1>
    • Egin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egin
      • Egin is located in Fremont County
    • Chester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ashton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Drummond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Drummond is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Marysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Marysville is located in Fremont County
    • Squirrel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel
      • Squirrel is located in Fremont County
    • Warm River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
      • Warm River is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Ririe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe
      • Ririe is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ririe <1>
    • Annis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
      • Annis is located in Jefferson County
    • Rigby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigby
      • Rigby is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rigby <1>
    • Menan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
      • Menan is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <1>
    • Garfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Jefferson County
    • Lewisville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
      • Lewisville is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <1>
    • Roberts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
      • Roberts is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberts <1>
    • Hamer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
      • Hamer is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamer <1>
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walker, with the one closest to Walker listed first.
    • Felt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felt
      • Felt is located in Teton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Felt <1>
    • Tetonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tetonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tetonia
      • Tetonia is located in Teton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tetonia <1>
    • Aline ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aline. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
      • Aline is located in Teton County
    • Driggs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driggs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driggs
      • Driggs is located in Teton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driggs <1>
    • Fox Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
      • Fox Creek is located in Teton County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walker, see our County-by-County Page for 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 24 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 25 miles [40.2 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 turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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:

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • Sutton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugar City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugar City Cemetery
  • Rexburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
  • Teton - Newdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Dick Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Dick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dick Cemetery
  • Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Rigby.
    • The Rigby Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219994 <5>
  • Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ririe - Shelton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ririe.
    • The Ririe - Shelton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ririe Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80622 <5>
  • Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Annis Little Butte Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Rigby.
    • The Annis Little Butte Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Little Butte Cemetery
    • Menan City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #155547 <5>
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Plano Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plano Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plano Cemetery
  • Parker Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Milo Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milo Cemetery
    • Lewisville Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewisville Cemetery
    • Ucon Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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.<6>

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.

  • Teton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
    • Teton is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teton <1>
  • Saint Anthony
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
    • Saint Anthony is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anthony <1>
  • Idaho Falls
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7718, Longitude: -111.7084    
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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