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Walker, Kansas
-unicorporated community-
Church in walker ks

Country
State
County

United States
Kansas
Ellis

Elevation 1,942ft (592m)

Time Zone
-Summer (DST)

Central (CST)
(UTC-6)
CDT (UTC-5)

ZIP Code
Area Code(s)

67674
785

GNIS feature ID 475301

Walker is an unicorporated community in the Herzog Township in Ellis County, Kansas. Walker has a post office with ZIP code 67674.

History[]

In 1942, the Walker Army Airfield was built 1 mile northwest of Walker. Thousands were stationed at the airfield for training of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress during World War II. The airfield was abandoned and most of it razed. In 1966, Interstate 70 reached Walker, passing about one block south of the community.

Transportation[]

Walker is located at 38°52′02″N 99°04′33″W (38.8672339, -99.0759271) at an elevation of 1,942 feet (592 m). It lies approximately 1.5 miles (2.3 km) west of Walker Creek, part of the Smoky Hill River watershed, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Walker is immediately north of Interstate 70 roughly 13 miles (21 km) east of Hays.

Transportation[]

Walker Avenue, a paved county road, runs north-south through Walker, intersecting Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40, which run concurrently east-west, immediately south of town. The old alignment of U.S. 40, now a paved county road, runs northeast-southwest through Walker.

The Kansas Pacific (KP) line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs northeast-southwest through Walker, parallel to the old alignment of U.S. 40.

See also[]

  • Walker Army Airfield, an abandoned World War II airfield

References[]

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker,_Kansas, from Wikipedia.org
  2. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=971&bih=466&q=walker+kansas&oq=walker+kansas&gs_l=img.3..0i5j0i24l2.1047.3762.0.4383.13.12.0.1.1.0.455.1962.0j11j4-1.12.0...0.0...1ac.1.9.img.XF4rE7_ds3E
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