Walker

Walker County is a county located in the east-central section of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. Its county seat is .
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  • Type: County with 76,400 residents
  • Description: county in Texas, United States
  • Also known as: “Okrožje Walker”, “Walker County”, “Walker County i Texas”, “Walker County, Tex.”, “Walker County, Texas”, “Walker County, TX”, “Walker ilçesi, Teksas”, “Walker ilçesi, Tex.”, “Walker ilçesi, TX”, “مقاطعه والكر، تكساس”, and “ウォーカー・カウンティ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Thomas Goree Unit and Bernard Johnson Coliseum.

Prison
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The is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison, located in , 4 miles south of downtown Huntsville on Texas State Highway 75 South.

Sports venue
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is a 6,110-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Sam Houston State University in . It was built in 1976 and is home to the Sam Houston Bearkats men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the Bearkats women's volleyball team.

Stadium
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Elliott T. is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in . The stadium has been home to the Sam Houston State University Sam Houston Bearkats football team since 1986.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huntsville.

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is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the region of . is famous as the home of Texas hero, General Sam Houston with an enormous statue of Sam Houston next to Interstate 45, it's famous as a prison town, and is also home to Sam Houston State University.

Walker

Latitude
30.6796° or 30° 40′ 47″ north
Longitude
-95.5523° or 95° 33′ 8″ west
Population
76,400
Elevation
390 feet (119 metres)
Open location code
8626MCHX+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316998190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4739690
Wiki­data ID
Q26883
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Walker” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Walker County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة والكر”
  • Armenian: “Ուոկեր շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Ուոքեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Walker”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uoker”
  • Basque: “Walker konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Bavarian: “Walker County”
  • Belarusian: “Уолкер (акруга, Тэхас)”
  • Belarusian: “Уолкер”
  • Belarusian: “Ўолкер”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱাকের কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস”
  • Bishnupriya: “ৱাকের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уокър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Walker”
  • Cebuano: “Walker County”
  • Chinese: “沃克縣”
  • Czech: “Walker County”
  • Dutch: “Walker County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Walker”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Walker”
  • Estonian: “Walkeri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Walkerin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Walker”
  • French: “Comté de Walker”
  • Ganda: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Ganda: “Walker County”
  • Georgian: “უოკერის ოლქი”
  • Georgian: “უოლკერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Walker County”
  • Gilaki: “واکر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Γουόλκερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Γουόλκερ”
  • Hebrew: “ווקר”
  • Hungarian: “Walker megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Walker, Texas”
  • Irish: “Contae Walker”
  • Italian: “contea di Walker”
  • Italian: “Contea di Walker”
  • Japanese: “ウォーカー郡”
  • Korean: “워커군”
  • Latin: “Walker Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Walker County”
  • Mazanderani: “واکر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Walker Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Walker Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walker County”
  • Norwegian: “Walker County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان واکر، تگزاس”
  • Persian: “شهرستان واکر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Walker”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Walker”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Walker”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Walker, Texas”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Walker”
  • Russian: “Уокер”
  • Russian: “Уолкер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Walker”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вокер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Walker County”
  • Slovenian: “Walker County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “والکر بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس”
  • Spanish: “condado de Walker”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Walker”
  • Swedish: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Swedish: “Walker County”
  • Tatar: “Уокер (округ, Техас)”
  • Tatar: “Уокер”
  • Tumbuka: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Tumbuka: “Walker County”
  • Turkish: “Walker County, Teksas”
  • Turkish: “Walker ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вокер”
  • Urdu: “واکر کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس”
  • Urdu: “واکر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Walker”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Walker, Texas”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Walker”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Walker, Texas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Walker”
  • Welsh: “Walker County, Texas”
  • Welsh: “Walker County”
  • Western Panjabi: “واکر کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pine Hill and Mount Morian.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pine Bluff Church and Spring Lake.

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