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Persons

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. Pe ...

* Parker (surname)

Places

Place names in the United States

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 ...

Parker, Colorado Parker is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. As a self-declared "town" under the home rule statutes, Parker is the second most populous town in the county; Castle Rock is the most populous (the community of Hi ...

* Parker, Florida *

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). Accor ...

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. The first post office in Parker ...

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 ...

* Parker, North Carolina *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 * Parker, Johnson County, Texas * Parker, Washington * Parker City, Indiana *

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 ...

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 ...

, at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River between Arizona and California * Parker Road (DART station), a light rail terminal on Parker Road in Plano, Texas * Parker School, Montana * Parker Strip, Arizona *

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 Norridgew ...

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 St ...

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 ...

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 Lo ...

, a former police building in Los Angeles

Elsewhere

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 *

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 ...

, a Mindanao island volcano of the Philippines *

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 Unit ...

, Antarctica *

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 15 ...

, an Asian-themed shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Companies

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 * Parker Bros. (also known as Parker Brothers Gun Company) *

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.

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 Greate ...

, manufacturer of motion and control technologies * Parker and Lee, public relations firm * Parker Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of machine tools and kitchen cabinets, and an industrial landlord *

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 productio ...

, a maker of fine pens and pencils

Schools

* George S. Parker High School, Janesville, Wisconsin, USA *

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 Devens, Massachusetts, United States that serves students in grades 7 t ...

, Devens, Massachusetts, USA * Parker Academy, Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Other

* ARA ''Parker'' (P-44), an ''Espora''-class corvette serving in the Argentine Navy * Fort Parker massacre, at Parker's Fort, Texas * '' Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' * 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 ...

* ''Parker'' (1984 film), a 1984 British crime film * ''Parker'' (2013 film), a 2013 crime thriller film *

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 Ri ...

, a fictional character and franchise created by Donald E. Westlake * Aloysius Parker, a fictional character from the 1960s ''Thunderbirds'' British TV series, known mononymously as "Parker" *

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 ** '' Parker v. Brown'', the United States Supreme Court decision that gave rise to the foregoing * Parker Morris Committee and the Parker Morris Standards *

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 ...

, type of bridge design *

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 ...

, spacecraft which probed the outer corona of the Sun (launched by NASA in 2018)