Parker is the location of the famed Southfork Ranch, the setting used in the television series Dallas. This is different from Parker, Johnson County, Texas. It is situated in southern Collin County. Bordered to the north by Allen, to the west by Plano, to the south by Murphy, to the southeast by Wylie, and to the northeast by Lucas, it has a total area of 8.0 square miles (20.6 km2). Incorporated as a city on March 22, 1969, it was named after William C. Parker, son of the area's first known settler, John C. Parker, who arrived in the area that is now Parker in the early 1840s. Airports located in Parker include Birdnest Airport (65XS) (Runways: 1), Cow Pasture Airport (TE16) (Runways: 1), and Thomas Flying Field Airport (TX74) (Runways: 1). The population was 4,610 in 2017.
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