Welcome to Parker ...Parker is located Parker is located in Johnson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Parker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906. Parker is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Parker lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time While we believe that this Parker is located in Johnson County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Parker. Those communities are located in the following counties: Burleson and Collin County. Beyond Texas, there are 41 communities that are also named Parker - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2), Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Utah, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parker. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Parker. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Parker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Parker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Parker. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Parker. See our Newspapers Page for Parker. Looking for more information about Parker? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Parker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Parker. We originally found mention of Parker in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Parker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Parker.
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