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Parker, Texas
Parker is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,462 in 2020.
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 first known settler, John C. Parker. It was incorporated as a city on March 22, 1969.
Corinth Presbyterian Church was founded in Parker in 1846, with the current sanctuary built in 1923, and is thought to be the oldest continuing congregation in Collin County.
Parker is located in southern Collin County and is bordered to the north by Allen, to the west by Plano, to the south by Murphy, to the southeast by Wylie, and to the northeast by Lucas. It is 26 miles (42 km) northeast of the center of Dallas.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.0 square miles (20.6 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.39%, is water. Parker is the location of the Southfork Ranch, the setting used in the television series Dallas.
As of the 2020 census, Parker had a population of 5,462 people; the redistricting summary also recorded 1,250 households and 1,228 families residing in the city. The DP1 profile recorded a median age of 42.4 years, with 26.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 14.3% age 65 or older; for every 100 females there were 101.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.0 males.
75.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 24.1% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,651 households in Parker, of which 45.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 82.7% were married-couple households, 6.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 7.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 5.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Parker, Texas
Parker is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,462 in 2020.
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 first known settler, John C. Parker. It was incorporated as a city on March 22, 1969.
Corinth Presbyterian Church was founded in Parker in 1846, with the current sanctuary built in 1923, and is thought to be the oldest continuing congregation in Collin County.
Parker is located in southern Collin County and is bordered to the north by Allen, to the west by Plano, to the south by Murphy, to the southeast by Wylie, and to the northeast by Lucas. It is 26 miles (42 km) northeast of the center of Dallas.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.0 square miles (20.6 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.39%, is water. Parker is the location of the Southfork Ranch, the setting used in the television series Dallas.
As of the 2020 census, Parker had a population of 5,462 people; the redistricting summary also recorded 1,250 households and 1,228 families residing in the city. The DP1 profile recorded a median age of 42.4 years, with 26.3% of residents under the age of 18 and 14.3% age 65 or older; for every 100 females there were 101.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.0 males.
75.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 24.1% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,651 households in Parker, of which 45.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 82.7% were married-couple households, 6.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 7.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 5.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.