Walker County (Ala.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מחוז ווקר (אלבמה)
Name (Latin)
Walker County (Ala.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Walker Co., Ala
Coordinates
-87.29777778 -87.29777778 33.80361111 33.80361111 (gooearth )
W0871800 W0871800 N0334800 N0334800 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Hancock County (Ala.)
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Alabama counties website, Dec. 10, 2005(Walker County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1823 Dec. 26; Winston County, Alabama, was created as Hancock County on 1850 Feb. 12 from territory formerly in Walker County)
Wikipedia description:
Walker County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,342. Its county seat is Jasper. Its name is in honor of John Williams Walker, the first U.S. senator elected from Alabama. Walker County comprises the entirety of the Jasper, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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