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Welcome to Walker ...

Walker is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Walker is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Walker lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Walker: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Walker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Walker: This one is located in Oswego County and the other is located in Monroe County.

Beyond New York, there are 48 communities that are also named Walker - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walker.

Communities near Walker ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Walker.

  • Oswego
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oswego <4>
  • Fulton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Fulton is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <4>
  • Phoenix
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Phoenix is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <4>
  • Pulaski
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pulaski is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pulaski <4>
  • Mexico
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Mexico is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico <4>
  • Fair Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannibal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Parish
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Parish is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parish <4>
  • Minetto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oswego Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego Center is also located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
    • Former name for Oswego Center:
    • Oswego Centre

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Walker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walker.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walker. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walker.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Walker. See our Newspapers Page for Walker.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walker ...

Looking for more information about Walker? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Walker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Walker.

Adding Walker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walker in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Walker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walker post office opened in 1898. The Walker post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Walker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Walker area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/