Garner, Texas

Garner is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) on Farm to Market Road 113 northwest of Weatherford in Parker County, Texas, United States.

The original settlement in the area was called Trappe Springs and was founded in the 1850s by a small group of families.

The current town was settled in the 1880s, half a mile west of the original site, and named Garner after a local gin operator.

The post office and general store in Garner were run for many years by a Mr. James A. Vance.

A story about him is in a book by Ben K. Green, Wild Cow Tales.

Parker County map