Walker County, Texas

Walker County
County
The Walker County Courthouse in 2022
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°44′N 95°34′W / 30.74°N 95.57°W / 30.74; -95.57
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1846
Named for	Robert J. Walker, Renamed for Samuel H. Walker
Seat	Huntsville
Largest city	Huntsville
Area
• Total	802 sq mi (2,080 km2)
• Land	784 sq mi (2,030 km2)
• Water	17 sq mi (40 km2)  2.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	76,400
• Density	95/sq mi (37/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	8th, 17th
Website	www.co.walker.tx.us

Walker County is a county located in the east central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400.^[1] Its county seat is Huntsville.^[2] Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas. Walker later supported the U.S. during its Civil War and earned some enmity for it. In order to keep the county's name, the state renamed it for Samuel H. Walker (no relation), a Texas Ranger and soldier in the United States Army.

Walker County comprises the Huntsville Micropolitan Statistical Area which is part of the Houston-The Woodlands Combined Statistical Area.