The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Walker Township was established in 1871 by John Walker and others. In 1884, Joseph Alfred Borg settled on the land and purchased 160 acres.
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Start Walker’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walker’s history is told.
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Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Walker is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Walker has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is First Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church and Cemetery in Joliet, 9.3 miles away.
Walker and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Walker
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. First Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church and Cemetery’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Walker?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Walker’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.