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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. [5] 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. [6]
Parker was named before Parker, Collin County, Texas. The New Hope School moved two miles south to Parker and had an enrollment of 51 students with just one teacher in 1905. The school would later be annexed by the Grandview Independent School District in 1963. A fire and cyclone would hit the town in 1914, causing significant damage.
Weatherford (/ ˈ w ɛ ð ər f ər d /) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Parker County, Texas, United States.In 2020, its population was 30,854. [6] Weatherford is named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a State senator and advocate for Texas's secession to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
Dennis is a city in Parker County, Texas, United States. On May 6, 2017, voters approved incorporation of Dennis. On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau notified the Geographic Names Information Service of the upgrade to city status. [1] It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76439. [3]
Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 148,222. [1] The county seat is Weatherford. [2] The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. [3] It is named for Isaac Parker, a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county in 1855. [4]
Azle (/ ˈ eɪ z əl / AY-zəl) is a city west of Fort Worth in Parker and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, the city population was 13,369.. Azle is the home of the Azle Marching Green Pride marching band and the Fighting Azle Hornets.
During the city manager's report, Herrera informed the council that two town hall meetings would be held, Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 with regard to the proposed city budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
The Parker post office was established in 1880 by Littleberry Rudolph Fawks. Two years later, the name was changed to Aledo, likely suggested by a Texas & Pacific Railway official from Aledo, Illinois. [citation needed] A post office was established May 25, 1882 as Aledo, under postmaster Eli J. McConnell. [citation needed]