Barker may refer to:

Occupations

Barker (occupation) A barker, often a carnival barker, is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing members of the public, announcing attractions of show, and emphasizing variety, novelty, beau ...

, a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events *

Barker (coachbuilder) Barker & Co. was a coachbuilder, a maker of carriages and in the 20th century bodywork for prestige cars. History Founded in London in 1710Coventry Archives: ref. PA1356. Barker & Co. Administrative history: Barker and Company, founded 1710, ...

, a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars * a person who strips

tanbark Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for tanning hides into leather. The words "tannin", "tanning", " tan," and "tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin ''tannare'', "to convert into leather." Bark mills are h ...

from trees to supply bark mills

People

Barker (surname) Barker is a surname of English origin, meaning "a tanner of leather". Barker may refer to: A–C * Abraham Andrews Barker (1816–1898), American politician * Al Barker (1839–1912), American baseball player * Alfred Charles Barker (1819–1 ...

, a list of people *

Barker Burnell Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Early life Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. State Public service Massachusetts General Court Burnell serv ...

(1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts *

Barker Fairley Barker Fairley, (May 21, 1887 – October 11, 1986) was a British-Canadian painter, and scholar who made a significant contribution to the study of German literature, particularly for the work of Goethe, and was an early champion and friend ...

(1887–1986), British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature

Places

Antarctica

Barker Range Barker Range () is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was name ...

, Victoria Land, a mountain range *

Barker Peak Barker Peak () is a peak west-northwest of Mount Terror on Ross Island. The feature rises to about and is the western of two peaks near the south end of the Giggenbach Ridge. It was named in 2000 by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Majo ...

, off the coast of Victoria Land *

Barker Bank Ula Point () is a low ice-covered point in the Erebus and Terror Gulf, on the northeast coast of James Ross Island, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Cape Gage. First seen and roughly surveyed by Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto ...

, Graham Land, a marine bank *

Barker Nunatak Barker Nunatak () is one of the Grossman Nunataks, located northeast of the Fletcher Nunataks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the U ...

, Palmer Land

Australia

Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original Division of Sou ...

, an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives *

Mount Barker (South Australia) Mount Barker is a mountain in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and namesake of the nearby town of Mount Barker. The mountain is the home to a transmission tower that services SAGRN and mobile phone transmissions throughout the area. ...

Barker Inlet The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, seag ...

, South Australia *

Barker River The Barker River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise north of Mount Matthew and then flow in a southerly direction through Barker Gorge before discharging into the Lennard River, of which i ...

, Western Australia *

Barker Passage Barker Passage is a channel through reef about a kilometre south of North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South ...

, Western Australia, a water channel

United States

Barker, Broome County, New York Barker is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 2,516 at the 2020 census. The town is named after John Barker, an early settler. The town is in the northern part of Broome County and is north of Binghamton. History ...

, a town *

Barker, Niagara County, New York Barker is a village in Niagara County, New York. The population was 533 at the time of the 2010 census. The mail ZIP code is 14012. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Barker is within the Town of Somerset ...

, a village *

Barker, Texas Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and seventeen miles west of downtown Houston. Its elevation is 102 feet (31 m), and it is located at ...

, an unincorporated community *

Barker, West Virginia Barker is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers c ...

, an unincorporated community *

Barker Reservoir Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impounds Mayde ...

, near Houston, Texas

Elsewhere

Barker, Uruguay Barker () is a small village located in the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay. Geography Barker is located along Route 54. Its nearest populated places are Rosario, to the southeast and Tarariras Tarariras, is a small city in the south ...

, a town * 7868 Barker, an asteroid

Man-made structures

Barker Field Barker Field was one of several airfields in the Yorkdale area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Opened in 1927, it was a civilian and privately owned airfield for the early era of flying in Canada and was named after William George Barker ...

, several former airfields in Toronto, Canada *

Barker Building The Barker Building, a seven-story apartment building located at 306 South 15th Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in 1929, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 2008. The sons of prominent, ...

, Omaha, Nebraska, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker General Store Barker General Store is a historic general store located at Beecher Hollow in Saratoga County, New York. The main block was constructed in 1847 and is a -story, gable-roofed rectangular building. A 2-story, shed-roofed addition was added in ...

, Beecher Hollow, New York, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker Mill The Barker Mill is an historic mill at 143 Mill Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1873, this five-story brick mill building is one a relatively few in the state that has a mansard roof, and has a higher degree of decorative styling than other pe ...

, Auburn, Maine, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker Dam (California) Barker Dam, also known as the Big Horn Dam, is a dam with water-storage reservoir located in Joshua Tree National Park in California. The dam was constructed by early cattlemen, including C. O. Barker, in 1900. It was raised in 1949 by rancher Wi ...

, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *Barker Dam at

Barker Meadow Reservoir Barker Reservoir is a water supply reservoir in the Colorado Front Range located near the town of Nederland, Colorado in southwestern Boulder County. Barker Dam provides water to a downstream hydroelectric power generating facility, and its r ...

, Colorado, United States *

Barker Ranch Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Used as a mining and recreational property from the 1940s to the 1960s, it is infamous due to its association with Charles Manson and his " family". It was the famil ...

, last hideout of Charles Manson and his "family" *

Barker railway station Barker railway station was the only intermediate station on the Kew railway line in Melbourne, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Aust ...

, Melbourne, Australia

Other uses

Barker baronets There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Barker, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All five creations are extinct. The Barke ...

, five baronetcies, all extinct *

Barker channel A barker channel is a form of digital signage, operating in the form of a television channel that is entirely composed of sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel. The name is derived f ...

, a television channel with programming comprising mainly advertising *

Barker College , motto_translation = Seek Honour above Rewards , location = Hornsby, Sydney , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney , pushpin_image ...

, a private college in Sydney, Australia *

Barker's Discount Department Stores Barkers Discount Department Stores was a chain of discount department stores founded in May, 1957 by Felix Mininberg and Irving Barker. As one of the first hard goods discounters, and with creative promotions, the initial store, in Orange, Conne ...

, a retail chain in the United States and the Caribbean *

Barkers of Kensington Barkers of Kensington was a department store in Kensington High Street, Kensington, London. It began as a small drapery business, John Barker & Company, founded by John Barker and James Whitehead in 1870. Barkers grew rapidly to become one ...

, a London department store *

Dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relativ ...

, a domesticated animal whose vocalizations include barking *, a destroyer which served in World War II *''

The Barker ''The Barker'' is a 1928 part-talkie pre-Code romantic drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., acquired in September 1928. The film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and stars Milton Sil ...

'', a 1928 film *

The Barkers The Barkers were an Australian contemporary folk band formed in 1993. Their second album ''Black Joke'' (1996) was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 for Best World Music Album. History The Barkers were formed in Adelaide in 1993. M ...

, Australian musical group