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History · Parker

Parker’s post office opened in 1894, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1910.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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How Parker began

When was Parker founded?

1894

The Parker post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 432 in 19102020 census: 302132 years
Founding year: the first Parker post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parker’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Parker are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Parker’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parker’s history is told.

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The story so far

Parker, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Parker yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Parker is a city in southeastern Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 305 in 2010, 302 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Parker, decade by decade

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On the map

Parker on the map, 1948 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Parker. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Parker on the 1948 USGS mapParker on the 1950 USGS mapParker on the 1979 USGS map1948Parker sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Parker.

People over time

Parker, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 496

Between 262 and 496 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Parker’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Parker’s history

What year was Parker founded?

The Parker post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.