Parker may refer to:
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Parker (given name)
Parker is an English language unisex given name of Old English origin, meaning "park keeper", hence also an Old English occupational surname. Parker was more common in the 19th century as a personal name than it is now. The name has variants.
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Parker (surname)
Parker is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. In the United States, it ranked in 1990 as the 47th most-common surname. ...
Places
Place names in the United States
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Parker, Arizona
Parker ( Mojave 'Amat Kuhwely, formerly 'Ahwe Nyava) is the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,083 at the 2010 census.
History
Founded in 1908, the town was named a ...
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Parker, Colorado
Parker is a Colorado municipalities#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, Douglas County, Colorado, United States. As a self-declared "town" under the home rule statutes, Parker is the second most populous to ...
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Parker, Florida
Parker is a city in Bay County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,317. It is part of the Panama City– Lynn Haven– Panama City Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Parker is located at .
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Parker, Idaho
Parker is a city in southeastern Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 305 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Parker is located at (43.958477, -111.759204).
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Parker, Kansas
Parker is a city in Linn County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 241.
History
Parker was laid out about 1889. It was named for J.W. Parker, who owned the town site.
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Parker, Missouri Parker is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tenn ...
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Parker, North Carolina
Parker is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered ...
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Parker, Pennsylvania
Parker is a city located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the extreme northwestern portion of the county. The population was 840 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Judge John Parker, a lead surveyor of Lawrence ...
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Parker, South Carolina
Parker is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 11,431 at the 2010 census, up from 10,760 in 2000. It is part of the Greenville– Mauldin– Easley Metropolitan Statistica ...
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Parker, South Dakota
Parker is a city in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Turner County. Parker is bordered on its eastern side by South Dakota State Highway 19. Its northern side is b ...
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Parker, Texas
Parker is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,462 in 2020.
History
The first settlers arrived in the area that is now Parker in the early 1840s. The town was named after William C. Parker, the son of the area's fi ...
in Collin County
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Parker, Johnson County, Texas
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Parker, Washington
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Parker City, Indiana
Parker City is a town in Monroe Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,419 at the 2010 census.
History
Parker City was originally called Morristown, and under the latter name was platted in 1851. A post offi ...
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Parker County, Texas
Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. The county seat is Weatherford. The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. It is named for Isaac Parker, a s ...
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Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is high, of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in or ...
, at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River between Arizona and California
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Parker Road (DART station)
Parker Road station is a DART Light Rail station in Plano, Texas. It is located at the intersection of Park Boulevard and Archerwood Street near US 75 ( Central Expressway). It opened December 9, 2002, and is the northern terminus of the . It w ...
, a light rail terminal on Parker Road in Plano, Texas
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Parker School, Montana
Parker School is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill and Chouteau counties in the U.S. state of Montana. The population was 340 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Parker School is located in southeastern Hill County at (48.250748, -109.725595). ...
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Parker Strip, Arizona
Parker Strip is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Parker Strip is located in the northwest corner of La Paz County at (34.227837, -114.182177). It lies ...
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Parker Township, Marshall County, Minnesota
Parker Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 57 at the 2000 census. Parker Township was organized in 1884, and named for George L. Parker, an early settler who had come to the area from Norridgewo ...
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Parker Township, Morrison County, Minnesota
Parker Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census.
Parker Township was organized in 1880, and named for George F. Parker, a pioneer settler.
Geography
According to the United Sta ...
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Parker Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Parker Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 632 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Parker Township is located in northeastern Butler County, along the Armstrong County line. The township surrounds t ...
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Parker Center
Parker Center, initially named the Police Administration Building or Police Facilities Building, was the former headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1955 until October 2009. It was located in Downtown Los Angeles at 150 North Los ...
, a former police building in Los Angeles
Elsewhere
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C. W. Parker Carousel
The C. W. Parker Carousel is a carousel built in 1912 currently operating in the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. The carousel was built by the C. W. Parker Company and is also known as the Parker #119 and the ...
, a Burnaby Village Museum exhibit in British Columbia, Canada
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Mount Parker (Philippines)
Mount Mélébingóy, formerly known as Parker Volcano, is an active volcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines (6°06.8' N, 124°53.5' E). It is located in the province of South Cotabato, west of General Santos City and south of Koronadal C ...
, a Mindanao island volcano of the Philippines
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Parker Pass Parker Pass is a broad ice-covered pass on the south side of Zuncich Hill in Marie Byrd Land. McGee rock is on the south side of it. It leads from the head of Siemiatkowski Glacier to the neve area lying southwest of El-Sayed Glacier. Mapped by Un ...
, Antarctica
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Parker Place
Parker Place (百家店) is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia. It is located on No. 3 Road, in Richmond's Golden Village, the main Asian district. It primarily serves the Asian Canadian population of Richmond.
It contains about 150 ...
, an Asian-themed shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Companies
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Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products wer ...
, toy and game manufacturer
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Parker Bros.
Parker Bros (also known at various times as Parker Brothers Manufacturing Company, Parker Brothers Guns, and Parker Bros. Shotguns) was an American firearms firm, mostly producing shotguns from 1867 to 1942. During these years, approximately 242, ...
(also known as Parker Brothers Gun Company)
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Parker Guitars
Parker Guitars was an American manufacturer of electric and acoustic guitars and basses, founded by luthier Ken Parker in 1993. Parker guitars were distinguished for their characteristic light weight and the use of composite materials.
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Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin Corporation, originally Parker Appliance Company, usually referred to as just Parker, is an American corporation specializing in motion and control technologies. Its corporate headquarters are in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, in Greater ...
, manufacturer of motion and control technologies
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Parker and Lee, public relations firm
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Parker Manufacturing Company
Parker Manufacturing Company was a machine shop during World War II that manufactured tools. It is also a manufacturer/distributor of metal kitchen cabinets and sinks, and an industrial landlord in Santa Monica, CA. The company designed and manu ...
, a manufacturer of machine tools and kitchen cabinets, and an industrial landlord
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Parker Pen Company
The Parker Pen Company is a French manufacturer of luxury writing pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. In 2011 the Parker factory at Newhaven, East Sussex, England, was closed, and its producti ...
, a maker of fine pens and pencils
Schools
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George S. Parker High School
George S. Parker High School is a comprehensive public high school located on the west side of the city of Janesville, Wisconsin. The school, named for George S. Parker, founder of the Parker Pen Company, is a part of the School District of J ...
, Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
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Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School (usually referred to as the Parker Charter School by the public, or simply Parker by students) is a public charter school in Fort Devens, Devens, Massachusetts, United States that serves students i ...
, Devens, Massachusetts, USA
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Parker Academy
Parker Academy is a private day school in Concord, New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 2001, the school serves students in grades 6 through 12.
Campus
The Academy's high school is housed in the former Millville ...
, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Other
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ARA ''Parker'' (P-44), an ''Espora''-class corvette serving in the Argentine Navy
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Fort Parker massacre, at Parker's Fort, Texas
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
''Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' is a 1994 American biographical film, biographical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Alan Rudolph from a screenplay written by Rudolph and Randy Sue Coburn. The film stars Jennifer Jason Le ...
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* Parker, a player of
park golf
is a form of golf played in a park that was invented in Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan in 1983. Aesthetically, it resembles a sport somewhere between golf and croquet. The competitive object of the game is to hit the ball into a hole with a club in t ...
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''Parker'' (1984 film), a 1984 British crime film
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''Parker'' (2013 film), a 2013 crime thriller film
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Parker (Stark novels character)
Parker is a fictional character created by American novelist Donald E. Westlake. A professional robber specializing in large-scale, high-profit crimes, Parker is the main protagonist of 24 of the 28 novels Westlake wrote under the pseudonym Ric ...
, a fictional character and franchise created by Donald E. Westlake
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Aloysius Parker
Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is a fictional character introduced in the British 1960s Supermarionation television series '' Thunderbirds'', who also appears in the film sequels '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''Thunderbird 6'' (1968) and the 2004 l ...
, a fictional character from the 1960s ''Thunderbirds'' British TV series, known mononymously as "Parker"
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Parker immunity doctrine
The Parker immunity doctrine is an exemption from Legal liability, liability for engaging in antitrust violations. It applies to the state when it exercises legislative authority in creating a regulation with anticompetitive effects, and to priva ...
, a principle in antitrust law in the United States
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Parker v. Brown
''Parker v. Brown'', 317 U.S. 341 (1943), was a United States Supreme Court case on the scope of United States antitrust law. It held that actions taken by state governments were exempt from the scope of the Sherman Act.
Facts
The case was an ap ...
'', the United States Supreme Court decision that gave rise to the foregoing
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Parker Morris Committee
The Parker Morris Committee drew up an influential 1961 report on housing space standards in public housing in the United Kingdom titled ''Homes for Today and Tomorrow''. The committee was led by Sir Parker Morris. Its report concluded that the q ...
and the Parker Morris Standards
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Parker truss
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...
, type of bridge design
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Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii (6 ...
, spacecraft which probed the outer corona of the Sun (launched by NASA in 2018)
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Parkers (disambiguation) Parkers may refer to:
*Parker's, an Australian pretzels company
*''Parker's Car Guides'', a British car magazine
*''The Parkers'', an American television sitcom
See also
*Parker (disambiguation) Parker may refer to:
Persons
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Justice Parker (disambiguation) Justice Parker may refer to:
* Alton B. Parker (1852–1926), chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* Amasa J. Parker (1807–1890), justice of the New York Supreme Court and an ex officio judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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Parka
A parka or anorak is a type of coat with a hood, often lined with fur or faux fur. This kind of garment is a staple of Inuit clothing, traditionally made from caribou or seal skin, for hunting and kayaking in the frigid Arctic. Some Inuit ano ...
, a type of hooded anorak
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