Map of Walker town, Louisiana

Walker is a city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was placed at 6,138 (up 28% over the past decade), making Walker and Denham Springs the only parish municipalities classified as cities.

Walker town overview:
Name:	Walker town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Louisiana
County:	Livingston Parish
Elevation:	46 ft (14 m)
Total Area:	6.62 sq mi (17.15 km²)
Land Area:	6.59 sq mi (17.08 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km²)
Total Population:	6,374
Population Density:	966.64/sq mi (373.22/km²)
Area code:	225
FIPS code:	2279240

Online Interactive Map

Walker online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The area now known as Walker was founded by Michael Joseph Milton, Jr. (1795-1863) and “several slaves” in 1825. Michael Milton married in 1832 in Livingston Parish. He and his wife, Martha Clark Milton (1803-1878) developed 343 acres from a Land Grant for his service in the War of 1812. The Milton family was a pioneering family from North Carolina who settled an area in Alabama, before establishing the new community in the piney woods east of the Amite River and Denham Springs. In this sense, Walker, Louisiana, by virtue of its establishment, traces its roots to the founding of the nation in Jamestown, Virginia. The Federal government recognized the growth of the settlement and opened a post office as Milton Old Field in 1856. Michael Milton was appointed as postmaster in 1858. In 1890, the post office was renamed after Dr. William Elliott Walker, M.D., a legislator from nearby Springfield, who had also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States of America.

Walker became a city in 2011, by proclamation of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

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Geography

Walker is located at 30°29′22″N 90°51′46″W / 30.48944°N 90.86278°W / 30.48944; -90.86278 (30.489423, -90.862872). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 square miles (14.9 km), all land.

The city is located roughly 20 miles east of Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State Capitol.