# Parker

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/parker/
- Also known as: Pine Grove; Twenty Mile House
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.5186, -104.7614 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Parker, 1870 to today; Pine Grove, 1873–1882

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

At the Divide's north foot on Cherry Creek and the Cherokee Trail. The Pine Grove post office was applied for in 1863 and established Dec. 8, 1870 at the 20 Mile House (NW1/4 Sec. 22, T6S R66W); James S. Parker became postmaster in December 1877 and the office was renamed Parker on March 17, 1882 (Bauer, via S-0123). Pine Grove school district (No. 10) dates from before 1868; the Parker Consolidated School opened in 1915 (S-0123).

Today: Town of Parker

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 185051

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Sources

- S-0006: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0006
- S-0044: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0044
- S-0064: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0064
- S-0065: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0065
- S-0066: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0066
- S-0067: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0067
- S-0068: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0068
- S-0113: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0113
- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Parker depot (Denver & New Orleans)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/parker-depot-denver-and-new-orleans/): 0.0 mi north
- [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.