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History · Walkerville

Walkerville’s post office opened in 1898, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1910.

1898first post office

0on the National Register

17%homes built before 1940

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How Walkerville began

When was Walkerville founded?

1898

The Walkerville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 371 in 19102020 census: 246128 years

Founding year: the first Walkerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Walkerville’s past

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How Walkerville came to be

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Walkerville was founded by the Walker family in the 19th century. At one point, the village had a very busy railway passing through it. Walkerville suffered two major fires, which damaged the infrastructure greatly each time. Walkerville has not yet recovered to its post fire glory days. It currently is a community that helps in the cultivation of produce for which West Michigan is known, such as cherries, apples and asparagus.

In the summer of 2020, Camp Gan Israel of Michigan (based in Kalkaska Township, Michigan) expanded to a campgrounds in Walkerville, marking the first Jewish presence in the village with 100 staff and campers together resulting in the camp's residence comprising more than a third of the town's population.

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On the map

Walkerville on the map in 1958

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Walkerville.

1958Hesperia sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Walkerville.

People over time

Walkerville, census by census

Between 233 and 371 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Walkerville’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Walkerville’s history

What year was Walkerville founded?

The Walkerville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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