Do you know of Parker ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Parker. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Parker.
Our sources for Parker (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Parker other than they indicate that Parker would be found somewhere in Coffee County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1906.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Parker ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Parker.
There are three communities within Alabama that are also named Parker.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 39 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Parker [Douglas County].
- Florida
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Parker [Bay County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Parker [Washington County].
- Georgia
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Parker [Monroe County].
- Idaho
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Parker [Fremont County].
- Illinois
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Parker [Johnson County].
- Kansas
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Parker [Linn County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Parker [Montgomery County].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- Broadwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Parker [Broadwater County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Parker [White Pine County].
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Parker [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Parker [Morris County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Parker [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Parker [Ashe County].
- Moore County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Parker [Moore County].
- Oklahoma
- Coal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Parker [Coal County].
- Comanche County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Parker [Comanche County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Parker.
- Oregon
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Parker [Polk County].
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Parker [Armstrong County].
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Parker [Clarion County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Parker.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Parker [Greenville County].
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Parker [Turner County].
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Parker [Decatur County].
- Dyer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Parker [Dyer County].
- Pickett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Parker [Pickett County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Parker [Davis County].
- Virginia
- Spotsylvania County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Parker [Spotsylvania County].
- Washington
- Yakima County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Parker [Yakima County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Parker ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Parker:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Parker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Coffee County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Coffee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Parker could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |