Editing Walkertown, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Walkertown was named for Robert Walker Esq. who was living at the site by 1771 after relocating from the original county seat of Richmond which was destroyed by a cyclone.<ref>Powell, William S. ''The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places'', Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1968.</ref> Many of his descendants relocated to the West during the 1850s. Walker's home remained standing through the mid-20th century.<ref>Dinkins, Harvey. "First Home Erected at Walkertown" Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, May 28, 1944</ref> The town was incorporated in 1984.<ref>{{cite news| last = Pressley| first = Sue Anne| title = Communities Seek Shields Through Incorporation| newspaper = The Charlotte Observer| pages = 1A, 3A| date = October 15, 1984}}</ref>
[[File:Rileybaugusbanjo.jpg|thumb|upright|The old-time musician [[Riley Baugus]], a notable inhabitant of Walkertown]]

The [[Thomas A. Crews House]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>