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History · Parker's Crossroads

Parker's Crossroads’ post office opened in 1859, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Parker's Crossroads was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1990.

1859first post office
1on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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How Parker's Crossroads began

When was Parker's Crossroads founded?

1859

The Parker's Crossroads post office opened in 1859, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Parker's Cross Roads (1859), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 161 in 19902020 census: 284167 years
Founding year: the first Parker's Crossroads post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parker's Crossroads’ 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's Crossroads are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Parker's Crossroads, in brief

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

Parkers Crossroads is a city in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 330 as of the 2010 census, up from 241 at the 2000 census.

Its first post office opened in 1859. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 330 to 284 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Parker's Crossroads, 1859 to 1936

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1859Post officeThe Parker's Cross Roads post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Parker's Cross Roads post office closes
  4. 1875Post officeThe Wildersville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Parker's Crossroads on the map, 1936 to 1986

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

Parker's Crossroads on the 1936 USGS mapParker's Crossroads on the 1950 USGS mapParker's Crossroads on the 1986 USGS map1936Clarksburg 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's Crossroads.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Parker's Crossroads

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Parker's Crossroads Battlefield
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield
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Parker's Crossroads BattlefieldSite · listed 1999

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Parker's Crossroads, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 330

Between 161 and 330 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Parker's Crossroads

Nobody well known was born in Parker's Crossroads itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dixie CarterAmerican actress · b. 1939
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Thomas HarrisAmerican author and screenwriter · b. 1940
Steve FossettAmerican businessman, record-setting aviator, s… · b. 1944
Christopher JonesAmerican actor · b. 1941
Wink MartindaleAmerican disc jockey, radio personality, game s… · b. 1933
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Randall WallaceAmerican filmmaker · b. 1949
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Parker's Cross Roads, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Parker's Cross Roads
1859–1867
Wildersville
1875–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Parker Crossroads
Gone or out of use
Parker Crossroads Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Parker's Crossroads
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Parker's Crossroads’ history

What year was Parker's Crossroads founded?

The Parker's Crossroads post office opened in 1859, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Parker's Crossroads?

One place: the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (listed 1999).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (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.