Walker County, Georgia
| Walker County, Georgia | |
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Walker County Courthouse in LaFayette
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 Location in the U.S. state of Georgia |
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 Georgia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 18, 1833 |
| Seat | LaFayette |
| Largest city | LaFayette |
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| • Total | 447 sq mi (1,158 km2) |
| • Land | 446 sq mi (1,155 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (2 km2), 0.1% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 68,756 |
| • Density | 154/sq mi (59/km²) |
| Congressional district | 14th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Walker County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,756. 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.
Walker County is one of only nine counties in the United States still employing the sole commissioner form of government.
Walker County was named after Georgia'a U.S. Senator, Freeman Walker (1780-1827).
Civil War battles fought in Walker County were part of the Chickamauga Campaign fought between August 21 and September 20, 1863:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 447 square miles (1,160 km2), of which 446 square miles (1,160 km2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (0.1%) is water. The northern two-thirds of Walker County is located in the Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga sub-basin of the Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee basin. Most of the southeastern portion of the county is located in the Oostanaula River sub-basin in the ACT River Basin (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin), with a very small southeastern sliver located in the Conasauga River sub-basin in the larger ACT River Basin. The rest of the southern portion of Walker County is located in the Upper Coosa River sub-basin in the ACT River Basin.
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