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Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site

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Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site
Replica of Thomas Walker's cabin
Location in Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	Knox, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates	36°50′21″N 83°55′09″W / 36.83917°N 83.91917°W / 36.83917; -83.91917^[1]
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)^[2]
Elevation	991 ft (302 m)^[1]
Established	1931^[2]
Governing body	Kentucky Department of Parks
Website	[1]

Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site is a park located six miles southeast of BarbourvilleinKnox County in the U.S. stateofKentucky. The land was donated by the American Legion and the people of Barbourville, and marks the area where Kentucky pioneer Thomas Walker, a physician, built his cabin in 1750.^[2] A representative cabin marks the spot of "the first house in Kentucky".^[3] The site was dedicated in 1931.^[4] A replica of the cabin can be toured.

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^ ^a ^b "Walker Memorial State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

^ ^a ^b ^c "History". Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

^ Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky (1996). The WPA Guide to Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 126. ISBN 0-8131-0865-9.

^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Historic Sites". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.

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Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site Kentucky Department of Parks

Protected areasofKentucky

Federal

National Parks	Mammoth Cave
National Historical Parks	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Cumberland Gap
National River	Big South Fork
National Military Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National Forests	Daniel Boone George Washington and Jefferson
USFS National Recreation Areas	Land Between the Lakes
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Red River
National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Green River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Buckhorn Lake Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dale Hollow Lake General Butler Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kenlake Kentucky Dam Village Lake Barkley Lake Cumberland Natural Bridge Pennyrile Forest Pine Mountain Rough River Dam
State Historic Sites	Big Bone Lick Butler-Turpin House Dr. Thomas Walker Isaac Shelby Cemetery Jefferson Davis Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Perryville Battlefield Waveland White Hall Wickliffe Mounds William Whitley House
State Recreation Parks	Carr Creek Columbus-Belmont Dawkins Line Rail Trail E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Fishtrap Lake Fort Boonesborough General Burnside Island Grayson Lake Green River Lake John James Audubon Kincaid Lake Kingdom Come Lake Malone Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Lincoln Homestead Mineral Mound My Old Kentucky Home Nolin Lake Old Fort Harrod Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Trail Taylorsville Lake Yatesville Lake
State Forests	Dewey Lake Green River Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts
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