LIFESTYLE

TRANSPORTATION

Walton is located 25 miles north of Wichita on I-135 to Newton, and 5 miles east on US Highway 50 (exit 33).

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES

Walton Rural Life Festival, every October.

HISTORY

Walton was laid out as a town site in December 1871 by William Mathews. The first buildings constructed were William Mathews house, general store, railroad section house. Because  of there being some difficulty in obtaining a perfect title to the lots, the place remained dormant until J.F. Watson filed a plat of the town in 1876.

(Source - History of the State of Kansas, William G. Cutler, 1883)