Walker Real Estate

Walker is a town in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,801 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally Milton Old Field, it was founded by “Michael Milton”. in 1861.
The 2010 Census noted the population of Walker is 6,138 – up 28% over the past decade. In 1825, Michael Milton and his wife, Martha Clark, along with several slaves, blazed a trail from the Amite River near Benton Ferry Landing and founded Walker. The resulting village that grew up was first named Milton Old Field. A post office was first established in the area in 1856 and named in honor of Dr. William E. Walker of Springfield, a state legislator respresenting the area. He died of disease during the Civil War while serving as an officer in the Confederate States Army. The post office was discontinued in 1860, then reopened in 1876 – first as Milton Old Field then Ralley Hill Post Office. It was finally renamed Walker in 1890. The Town of Walker was incorporated in 1909, and its corporate limits now include the former incorporated village of Corbin, which was annexed in 1971 after a municipal merger election. Walker unofficially became a city in 2002, when its population first exceeded 5,000. The change became official in August 2011, when Gov. Bobby Jindal formally proclaimed Walker a city.
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- Rural Tract (No Subd) 1313
- Other 164
- River Highlands Estates 40
- Bluffs The 37
- Atchafalaya River Estates 37
- Long Farm 35
- University Club Plantation 34
- Oakland Crossing 31
- Pointe Marie 31
- Ivy, The 31
- The Settlement At Live Oak 28
- Reserve, The 25
- Clairmont 25
- Americana 24
- La Tour 23
- Rouzan Tnd 22
- Pelican Lakes 20
- St. Mary's Place 19
- Whispering Springs 19
- Bellacosa 18