Back مقاطعة والكر (جورجيا) Arabic والکر بؤلگهسی، جورجیا AZB Walker County, Georgia BAR Уокър (окръг, Джорджия) Bulgarian ৱাকের কাউন্টি, জর্জিয়া BPY Walker Gông (Georgia) CDO Уокер (гуо, Джорджи) CE Walker County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Georgia) CEB Walker County, Georgia Welsh Walker County (Georgia) German
Walker County | |
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_Courthouse.jpg) Walker County Courthouse in LaFayette | |
 Seal | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Georgia | |
 Georgia's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°44′N 85°18′W / 34.73°N 85.3°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Georgia |
| Founded | December 18, 1833 |
| Named after | Freeman Walker |
| Seat | LaFayette |
| Largest city | LaFayette |
| Area | |
• Total | 447 sq mi (1,160 km2) |
| • Land | 446 sq mi (1,160 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (2 km2) 0.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 67,654 |
• Estimate (2023) | 69,489  |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (58/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 14th |
| Website | walkercountyga.gov |
Walker County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,654,[1] down from 68,756 in 2010.[2] The county seat is LaFayette.[3] 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.
- ^ US 2020 Census Bureau report, Walker County, Georgia
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.