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2015-04-29 16 06 28 Buildings in the town of Walker Lake, NevadaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Walker Lake

Half of Walker Lake’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Walker Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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What stands out about Walker Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Walker Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walker Lake’s history is told.

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The story so far

Walker Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Walker Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Walker Lake is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Walker Lake was 247.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Walker Lake, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Walker Lake

Nobody well known was born in Walker Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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WovokaFounder of the Ghost Dance movement · b. 1856
Nevada BarrAmerican novelist · b. 1952
Grant HarveyAmerican actor · b. 1984
Jim NashAmerican baseball player · b. 1945
Joe DiniAmerican politician · b. 1929
Jesse BrinkleyAmerican boxer · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Dutch Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Dutch Creek
Gone or out of use
Dutch Creek Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Walker Lake’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.