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  2. Parker, Texas - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Parker, Johnson County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Mineral Wells, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The population was 14,820 at the 2020 census. The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s.

  5. Austin city manager to be highest paid among 10 largest ...

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    Second to Broadnax's top salary is the city manager of Charlotte, N.C., who makes $451,932 annually, according to the city's open data portal.. By comparison, the city manager of Phoenix — the ...

  6. Parker County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Fort Worth, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. . According to the 2024 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 996,756 making it the fourth-most populous city in the state and the 12th-most populous in the United St

  8. Mattie Parker - Wikipedia

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    Mattie Parker (born November 9, 1983) [2] [3] is an American attorney, business owner, and politician serving as the 45th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. She was elected in 2021 after serving as Chief of Staff for the Mayor and the Fort Worth City Council for five years.

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    A one-time New York City hotelier who began renting out rooms to prisoners in 1989, Slattery has established a dominant perch in the juvenile corrections business through an astute cultivation of political connections and a crafty gaming of the private contracting system.