Parker, PA

Parker is a city located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 695 residents. Parker is in the extreme northwestern portion of the county. The city was named for Judge John Parker, a lead surveyor of Lawrenceburg and founder/owner of Parker's Landing, the two villages combined to create Parker. The short version is that Parker carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Parker: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Parker is sometimes referred to as the "Smallest City in the USA". A post office called Parker's Landing was established in 1871. In 1894, its name was changed to Parkers Landing and in 1950, the name was changed to Parker.