The Best Place to Live in Collin County just got better, and according to D Magazine, Parker is now the Best Suburb in which to live in the entire Metroplex, not because of their developments, but because of their forward thinking and skillful planning. Parker son of the area’s first known settler, John C. Parker. It was incorporated as a city on March 22, 1969. Corinth Presbyterian Church was founded in Parker in 1846, with the current sanctuary built in 1923, and is thought to be the oldest continuing congregation in Collin County.