This was a pioneer townsite in SW 1/4 Sec. 21-146-84, North Hancock Twp., three miles SSW of Riverdale, and named for James Walker, who in 1878 was the first white settler in the area. Opposite Stanton, it was an important supplier of wood for the Missouri River steamboats. The post office was established October 10, 1882 with Thomas J. Mann pm, and the townsite was platted by E.T. Winston in 1883. The post office closed July 24, 1886, being replaced by the new townsite of Hancock one mile to the SW.

This Townsite was in NE 1/4 Sec. 32-146-84, North Hancock Twp., and was primarily an early ferry service across the Missouri River. The first settlers in the 1880's were mostly from VA, and they named it for Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886), a veteran of the Civil and Indian Wars, and the Democratic candidate for president in 1880. He led one of the first explorations of what would become Yellowstone National Park. On July 24, 1886 the post office at Walkertown, one mile to the NE, moved here with pm James Mann continuing at that post. A population of 100 was reported in 1890, but as the railroad replaced the river as the principal method of transportation, the site declined, and the post office closed May 31, 1908 with mail to Underwood. The area today is known as Hancock Bottoms.

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