  Go To Search About Parker Uniquely Country Parker's First
Settlers 150 years ago the area that is now Parker was covered
with prairie grass, grass so high and thick that the first
settlers here had to burn their fields two years straight to
prepare the land for farming. Some of the families that came to
farm and raise their children were the Dillehays, Gregorys,
Hogges, McCrearys, and Parkers. John C. Parker was the first
known settler. Our community was named for his son, William C.
Parker.  1846 through the 1940s The Corinth Presbyterian Church
was established on August 2, 1846. The first school was
established about 1880 in nearby Halltown (two miles east of
Parker) and was known as the "Who'd A Thought It School." It was
a rough and tumble school with a large enrollment of 90
children. According to long-time resident Arthur Hogge, the
longest-lasting schoolmaster laid his gun on his desk to
maintain order in the classroom. In the 1880s, T.L. Johnson ran
a gristmill and a general store. At about this tim