Barker may refer to:

Occupations

Barker (occupation) A barker, often a carnival barker, is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing members of the public, announcing attractions of the show, and emphasizing variety, novelty, ...

, a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events *

Barker (coachbuilder) Barker & Co. was a British coachbuilder, a maker of carriages and in the 20th century Car body style, bodywork for Luxury vehicle, prestige cars, including Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Daimler Company, Daimler. History Foun ...

, a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars * a person who strips

tanbark Tanbark is the Bark (botany), bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for Tanning (leather), tanning Hide (skin), hides into leather. The words "tannin", "Tanning (leather), tanning", "Tan (color), tan," and "Tawny (color), tawny" a ...

from trees to supply bark mills

People

Barker (surname) Barker is a surname of English origin, meaning "a tanner of leather". Barker may refer to: A–C * Abraham Andrews Barker (1816–1898), American politician * Al Barker (1839–1912), American baseball player * Alfred Charles Barker (1819–187 ...

, a list of people * Barker Burnell (1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * Barker Fairley (1887–1986), British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature

Places

Antarctica

Barker Range Barker Range () is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It ...

, Victoria Land, a mountain range *

Barker Peak Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about high on Ross Island, Antarctica, about eastward of Mount Erebus. Mount Terror was named in 1841 by polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross for his second ship, HMS Terror (1813), HMS ''Terror''. Geology Mo ...

, off the coast of Victoria Land * Barker Bank, Graham Land, a marine bank * Barker Nunatak, Palmer Land

Australia

Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian electoral division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member d ...

, an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives *

Mount Barker (South Australia) Mount Barker is a mountain in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and namesake of the nearby town of Mount Barker. The mountain is the home to a transmission tower that services SAGRN and mobile phone transmissions throughout the area ...

Barker Inlet The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, ...

, South Australia * Barker River, Western Australia * Barker Passage, Western Australia, a water channel

United States

Barker, Broome County, New York Barker is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 2,516 at the 2020 census. The town is named after John Barker, an early settler. The town is in the northern part of Broome County and is north of Binghamton. His ...

, a town * Barker, Niagara County, New York, a village * Barker, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Barker, West Virginia Barker is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...

, an unincorporated community *

Barker Reservoir Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impou ...

, near Houston, Texas

Elsewhere

* Barker, Uruguay, a town * 7868 Barker, an asteroid

Man-made structures

Barker Field Barker Field was one of several airfields in the Yorkdale area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Opened in 1927, it was a civilian and privately owned airfield for the early era of flying in Canada and was named after William George Barker in ...

, several former airfields in Toronto, Canada *

Barker Building The Barker Building, a seven-story apartment building located at 306 South 15th Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in 1929, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Pla ...

, Omaha, Nebraska, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker General Store Barker General Store is a historic general store located at Beecher Hollow in Saratoga County, New York. The main block was constructed in 1847 and is a -story, gable-roofed rectangular building. A 2-story, shed-roofed addition was added in 1 ...

, Beecher Hollow, New York, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker Mill The Barker Mill is an historic mill at 143 Mill Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1873, this five-story brick mill building is one a relatively few in the state that has a mansard roof, and has a higher degree of decorative styling than other pe ...

, Auburn, Maine, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *

Barker Dam (California) Barker Dam, also known as Big Horn Dam, is a dam with water-storage reservoir located in Joshua Tree National Park in California. The dam was constructed by early cattlemen, including C. O. Barker, in 1900. It was raised in 1949 by rancher Willi ...

, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *Barker Dam at

Barker Meadow Reservoir Barker Reservoir is a water supply reservoir in the Colorado Front Range located near the town of Nederland, Colorado in southwestern Boulder County. Barker Dam provides water to a downstream hydroelectric power generating facility, and its ...

, Colorado, United States *

Barker Ranch Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Used as a mining and recreational property from the 1940s to the 1960s, it is infamous due to its association with Charles Manson and his "family". It was the family' ...

, last hideout of Charles Manson and his "family" *

Barker railway station Barker railway station was the only intermediate station on the Kew railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened on 19 December 1887 and closed with the line on 13 May 1957. The station was located between Barkers Road and Hawthorn Grov ...

, Melbourne, Australia

Other uses

Barker baronets There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Barker, three in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All five creations are extinct. The Barke ...

, five baronetcies, all extinct *

Barker channel A barker channel is a form of digital signage, operating in the form of a television channel that is entirely composed of sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel. The name is derived ...

, a television channel with programming comprising mainly advertising *

Barker College Barker College is an independent Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, primary and secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school, located in Hornsby, New ...

, a private college in Sydney, Australia * Barker's Discount Department Stores, a retail chain in the United States and the Caribbean * Barkers of Kensington, a London department store *

Dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...

, a domesticated animal whose vocalizations include barking *, a destroyer which served in World War II *''

The Barker ''The Barker'' is a 1928 American part-talkie pre-Code romantic drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., acquired in September 1928. The film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and stars Mil ...

'', a 1928 film * The Barkers, Australian musical group