Walker Lake is an
unincorporated town and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Mineral County,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population of Walker Lake was 247.
Geography
The Walker Lake CDP is located in western Mineral County along the west shore and overlooking
Walker Lake.
U.S. Route 95
U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway System, United States Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland ...
runs through the community; it is south to
Hawthorne and north to
Fallon.
Walker Lake State Recreation Area is located immediately north of the CDP.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Mineral County, Nevada
Census-designated places in Nevada
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