# Parker depot (Denver & New Orleans)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/parker-depot-denver-and-new-orleans/
- Also known as: Colorado and Southern depot
- Kind: Railroad stations, depots and structures
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.5189, -104.7613 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

Built about 1882, soon after the Denver & New Orleans began running through Parker; the line was downgraded in 1899 and the depot dismantled after operations ended in 1935. Original site SW1/4 NE1/4 Sec. 22, T6S R66W (county map, citing the 1937 aerial photograph, S-0123).

## Where it was

Point in the 2011 KML of the county's Historic Resource Map (Train Depot folder; S-0123). Good to a few hundred feet as a pin.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Parker](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/parker/): 0.0 mi south
- [Parker Consolidated School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/parker-consolidated-school/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [Ruth Memorial Chapel](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ruth-memorial-chapel/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [Ave Maria Catholic Church (Parker)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ave-maria-catholic-church-parker/): 0.1 mi southwest
- [Pine Grove School (Parker)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pine-grove-school-parker/): 0.3 mi west
- [Pine Ridge Grange No. 199](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pine-ridge-grange-no-199/): 0.3 mi west

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.