Parker, Colorado
Parker, Colorado | |
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Mainstreet in downtown Parker | |
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Location of Parker in Douglas County, Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′50″N 104°45′57″W / 39.49722°N 104.76583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Douglas |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Incorporated | May 1, 1981 |
| Named after | James Parker |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality |
| Area | |
• Town | 22.455 sq mi (58.158 km2) |
| • Land | 22.447 sq mi (58.138 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0085 sq mi (0.022 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,834 ft (1,778 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Town | 58,512 |
• Estimate (2024) | 65,473 |
| • Rank | US: 633rd CO: 19th |
| • Density | 2,727.3/sq mi (1,053.01/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,686,147 (US: 18th) |
| • Metro | 2,985,871 (US: 19th) |
| • Combined | 3,663,515 (US: 18th) |
| Time zone | UTC–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 80134, 80138 |
| Area codes | 303, 720, and 983 |
| FIPS code | 08-57630 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413117 |
| Sales tax | 8.0% |
| Major highways | |
| Website | www |
Parker is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. As a self-declared "town" under the home rule statutes, Parker is the second most populous town in the county; Castle Rock is the most populous (the community of Highlands Ranch, with a population of over 100,000, is an unincorporated CDP). In recent years, Parker has become a commuter town at the southeasternmost corner of the Denver metropolitan area. The population was 58,512 at the 2020 census. Parker is now the 19th most populous municipality in the state of Colorado.