It was named for Robert J. Walker, fourth Territorial Governor of Kansas.

[2] Walker Township covers an area of 45.3 square miles (117.3 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Greeley.

According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Saint John and Sutton Valley.

The stream of South Fork Pottawatomie Creek runs through this township.

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