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Parker’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Parker. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

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 population held steady between the last two censuses: 305 people in 2010, 302 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1954.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Parker, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Parker is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parker has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge in St. Anthony, 2.2 miles away.

Parker and the nearest listed places

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St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad BridgeIdaho State Industrial School Women's DormitoryUS Post Office-St. Anthony MainFremont County CourthouseRexburg Stake TabernacleMadison County Courthouse

Closest to Parker

St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad BridgeSt. Anthony · Built 18962.2miIdaho State Industrial School Women's DormitorySt. Anthony · Building2.3miUS Post Office-St. Anthony MainSt. Anthony · Building3.8miFremont County CourthouseSt. Anthony · Building3.8miRexburg Stake TabernacleRexburg · Building9.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Parker?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Parker’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 St. Anthony📜 Sugar City📜 Teton📜 Newdale

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