Barker
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas
- Also known as: “Barker, Texas” and “Barker, TX”
- Postal code: 77413
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Houston Airport.
West Houston Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Linux731, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Houston Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Harris County, Texas, 15 miles west of Downtown Houston in the Greater Katy area. It opened in 1962 and was known as Lakeside Airport until the early 1980s due to its location near the edge of Addicks reservoir. West Houston Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Barker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakes of Parkway and West Houston.
Lakes of Parkway
Neighborhood
Lakes of Parkway is a gated community in western Houston, Texas, also the most southern community in the Energy Corridor. It has 888 lots. Peggy O'Hare of the Houston Chronicle stated in 2002 that the houses were "upscale". Lakes of Parkway is situated 4 miles southeast of Barker.
West Houston
West Houston, at first glance, seems to be no more than urban sprawl at its worst: strip malls, gridlock, billboards, and more strip malls. Yet one need not travel far from the interstate to discover a trove of hidden gems: tranquil parks, the absolute highs…
Barker
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.7844° or 29° 47′ 4″ northLongitude
-95.68495° or 95° 41′ 6″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)United Nations Location Code
US B9KOpen location code
76X6Q8M8+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 151906387OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4672318Wikidata ID
Q4860930
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Barker” goes by many names.
- French: “Barker”
- Irish: “Barker”
- Persian: “بارکر، تگزاس”
- Persian: “بارکر”
- South Azerbaijani: “بارکر، تکزاس”
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Highlights include Harris County Annex 13 and Dynamic Fitness.
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