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Walkersville, West Virginia
Walkersville, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Walkersville, West Virginia
Walkersville, West Virginia
Location in West Virginia
Walkersville, West Virginia is located in the United States
Walkersville, West Virginia
Walkersville, West Virginia
Location in the United States
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Lewis
Elevation
1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
26447
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1548732

Walkersville is a small place located in Lewis County, West Virginia, in the United States. It is known as an unincorporated community. This means it's a group of homes and businesses that don't have their own local government, like a city or town does. Instead, it's part of the larger county.

Walkersville is about 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of a bigger town called Weston. It even has its own post office with a special code, 26447, for mail delivery.

How Walkersville Got Its Name

The exact story of how Walkersville got its name isn't fully clear. There are a few different ideas about where the name came from.

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