Barker, Texas

Barker, Texas

Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads just off Interstate 10, west of the city of Houston, the county seat of Harris County. [Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '08." Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 96.] Its elevation is 102 feet (31 m), and it is located at coor dms|29|47|4|N|95|41|6|W|city (29.7843955, -95.6849469). [gnis|1330040] Although Barker is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 77413. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=77413 Zip Code Lookup] ]

Barker was originally built along the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, which built through the area in 1895; the community was named for Ed Barker, a railroad contractor. The community's first postmaster was appointed in 1898. Although Barker was originally an agricultural community, the area is now primarily residential. [ [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hlb8.html Barker, Texas] , Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-09. Accessed 2008-08-10.]

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* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hlb8.html Profile from the Handbook of Texas Online]


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