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Walker Topon the Buncombe-Haywood county line.
Walkerscommunity in E central Pender County on Burgaw Creek. Formerly known as Walkers Store.
Walkers Bluffon Cape Fear River in E Bladen County 5 mi. above White Hall Landing.
Walkers Branchrises in SW Yadkin County and flows E into North Hunting Creek.
Walkers Creekrises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the S slope of Mount Davis and flows S on the E side of Locust Ridge into Hazel Creek.
Walkers Creekrises in central Warren County and flows SE to join Big Branch in forming Little Fishing Creek.
Walkersburgtown in SE Brunswick County at Deep Water Point. Est. 1784 on lands of John Walker, for whom it was named. Courthouse and other public buildings were to be est. there but apparently never built.
Walkersvillecommunity in S central Union County on the E side of Cane Creek. Formerly known as Wilson's Old Store community. Shown on maps as Walkersville as early as 1886.
Walkertowncommunity in NE Buncombe County.
Walkertowncommunity in E Forsyth County. Robert Walker was living there as early as 1771; the community was named for him. Love's Meeting House (Methodist), built there in 1797, was visited by Bishop Francis Asbury in 1799. He was greatly impressed by its glass windows. Alt. 980.