Walker County
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Walker County is a county located in Texas in the south-central part of the state. It matters as a region with its own local government and communities that contribute to Texas's broader economic and social landscape.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Robert J. Walker , renamed for Samuel H. Walker
- Seat
- Huntsville
- Largest city
- Huntsville
- Total
- 802 sq mi (2,080 km )
- Land
- 784 sq mi (2,030 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 2.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 83,842
- Density
- 97.4/sq mi (37.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
Article
Walker County is a county located in the east-central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. Its county seat is Huntsville. Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi, who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas. Walker later supported the U.S. during its Civil War and earned some enmity for it. To keep the county's name, the state renamed it for Samuel H. Walker (no relation), a Texas Ranger and soldier in the United States Army.
Walker County comprises the Huntsville micropolitan statistical area that is part of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land combined statistical area.