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Walker is a small city in northern Linn County, part of the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.

Walker grew up around the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway and was named in honor of W. W. Walker, the railroad's chief engineer.

Walker's railroad depot, built in 1873, was the very first building erected on the townsite - the settlement had been bypassed until the station guaranteed a town would grow around it - and the depot is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Walker was incorporated on June 13, 1891.

The 2020 census counted 688 people in Walker living in 278 households and 185 families.

Walker grew steadily for most of the 20th century, from 505 people in 1900 to a peak of 791 in 2010, before dipping to 688 in 2020.

In its early days Walker was a busy farm shipping point with grain storehouses, stock buyers, lumber dealers, and its own Walker Creamery Company, established in the eastern part of town.

Walker students are served by the North Linn Community School District.

Just north of Walker stood Cono Christian School, an international boarding school founded by Max Belz in 1948, whose grounds are now used as a summer camp and retreat center.