[1] It is named in honor of one of the 19th century stockholders of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

[4] For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1872, Harvey County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Walton.

[8] In 1996, it merged with Burlington Northern Railroad and renamed to the current BNSF Railway.

Because of difficulty in perfecting title to the lots, the town-site remained dormant until it was sold to J.F.

Walton is near the dividing line between the Cottonwood and Arkansas River basins and near the highest ground in Harvey County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.36 square miles (0.93 km2), all of it land.

[21] Using Agriculture to Spur Achievement : The Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center,[22] 2011, U.S. Department of Education filmed a documentary at the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center charter elementary school in November 2010.

[23] The crew also interviewed farm families, teachers, students, and community members.

The resulting video will be featured on their website, highlighting the center as a best practices model of innovation in education.

US-50 was originally the New Santa Fe Trail and roughly parallels the BNSF Railway.

The Amtrak Southwest Chief stops in nearby Newton twice each day and provides passenger rail service towards Los Angeles and Chicago.