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Walker County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 18, 1833 ; 193 years ago ( 1833 )
- Named after
- Freeman Walker
- Seat
- LaFayette
- Largest city
- LaFayette
- Total
- 447 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Land
- 446 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,250
- Density
- 152/sq mi (58.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- walkercountyga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Walker County Tax Commissioner – Official Site
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- LaFayette
- Population
- 67654
- Area
- 447
- Shares border with
- Dade County
- Official website
- www.walkercountytax.com
- Image
- Walker County (GA) Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 26306
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- native label
- Walker County
- Commons category
- Walker County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Walker County, Georgia
- inception
- 1833-12-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Walker County, Georgia
- different from
- Walker County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- topic has template
- Template:Walker County, Georgia
- per capita income
- 25157
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Encyclopedic overview
Walker County is a county in the northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 67,654, down from 68,756 in 2010. The county seat is LaFayette. The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Indian Nation. Walker County is part of the Chattanooga TN/GA metropolitan statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Walker County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.