The story
Read it all →How Walker Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Walker Township.
The Robb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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History · Walker Township
13% of Walker Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 80% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Robb Farm. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 2000.
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Walker Township’s history
How historic is Walker Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 80% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Walker Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Walker Township is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Walker Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194013.1% of homes (±8.2) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 11 historic buildings, 52.1 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 80%
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Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Walker Township’s 52.1 sits above most of its state (86% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.2 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Walker Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Walker Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walker Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Walker Township on the map, 1901 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Walker Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901Huntingdon sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Walker Township.
Timeline
Walker Township, 1828 to 1901
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Walker Township, decade by decade
2014
2014
2014
2009
2009
2008On the National Register
1 historic place in Walker Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Robb Farm
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Georgian1
Federal1
Italianate1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Walker Township, census by census
Between 1,747 and 1,969 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Walker Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Woodcock Valley, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Woodcock Valley
McConnellstown
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
McConnellstown
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walker Township
Huntingdon Memorial GardenMcConnellstownSchucker Family
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Walker Township’s history
How does Walker Township rank for history?
Walker Township is more historic than 80% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Walker Township?
One place: the Robb Farm (listed 2011).
How old are the homes in Walker Township?
13% of Walker Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1981.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.