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Welcome to Walker Lake ...

Walker Lake is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Walker Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

A typical abbreviation for Walker Lake: Walker Lk.

Walker Lake is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Walker Lake: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Walker Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Walker Lake - they are located in Manitoba and Nevada.

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

Communities near Walker Lake ...

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

  • Port Jervis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Matamoras
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hawley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Otisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Milford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Barryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pond Eddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lackawaxen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eldred
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Yulan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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 Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Walker Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Walker Lake. 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 Lake.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Walker Lake ...

Looking for more information about Walker Lake? 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 Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Walker Lake.

Adding Walker Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Walker Lake 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 Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Walker Lake post office opened in 1897. The Walker Lake post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Walker Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Walker Lake - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Walker Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Walker Lake 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/