Barker, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 29°47′4″N 95°41′6″W / 29.78444°N 95.68500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Harris |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code | 77413 |
Area code | 713 |
FIPS code | 48-05624 |
GNIS feature ID | 1330040 |
Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and is seventeen miles west of downtown Houston.[1] Its elevation is 102 feet (31 m), and it is located at 29°47′4″N 95°41′6″W / 29.78444°N 95.68500°W (29.7843955, -95.6849469).[2][3]
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.[3]