Main city: Parker
Timezone: Central / Mountain
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Knology Community Telephone

Parker, a city in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,024 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Turner County. It is bordered on its eastern side by South Dakota State Highway 19. Its northern side is bordered by South Dakota State Highway 44. It is about 8 miles northwest of Chancellor, 42 miles east of Parkston, and 41 miles south of Madison. ^source

North American Area code 605 is the telephone area code serving the entire state of South Dakota, and is one of the area codes that was created in 1947. It is also one of a gradually decreasing number of single-state, single LATA, single area code areas. (North Dakota uses only the 701 area code, but is split into two LATAs, one of which includes Minnesota.) ^source