Parker
The town was established in 1906 on the Arizona side of the Colorado River and history states that Parker was named for Fort Parker, however, no such military record of a Fort by that name exists. A more likely account ties the name of Parker to William A. Drake who was the General Superintendent and Chief Engineer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) Railroad and named the town for his locating engineer, Earl H. Parker, and for a town called Parker nearby. Interestingly, the nearby town seems to be named for a Captain Parker, but no records exist to corroborate who he was, or why he lived there.
Citation: Will C. Barnes, Arizona Place Names (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1988).319.
CountyLa Paz CountyStateArizona CountryUnited StatesGeographic Coordinates[1] Feature ClassPopulated Place
Condensed Profile, Los Angeles, Calif. to Fair Grounds, Ariz.; sheet 1 of 2, sheet 2 of 11 plus 11A.
