Palmer may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Palmer (pilgrim) In the Middle Ages, a palmer ( or ) was a Christian pilgrim, normally from Western Europe, who had visited the holy places in Palestine (Region), Palestine and who, as a token of his visits to the Holy Land, brought back a Phoenix (plant), palm l ...

, a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land *

Palmer (given name) Palmer is a unisex given name that is a transferred use of a Palmer (surname), surname meaning ''Arecaceae, palm bearer'' or ''pilgrim''. Christians, Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land traditionally carried the palms. The name can also be given in ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Palmer (surname) Palmer is an English surname. It derives from the palm branch which was a token of a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Notable people with the surname "Palmer" A * A. Laurie Palmer, American artist * A. Mitchell Palmer, (1872–1936), A ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters

Arts and entertainment

* ''Palmer'' (film), a 2021 American drama film *

Palmer Museum of Art The Palmer Museum of Art is the art museum of Pennsylvania State University, located on the University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania. Collections The museum has an increasing permanent collection of nearly 11,000 works. The colle ...

, the art museum of Pennsylvania State University

Places

Palmer River (disambiguation) Palmer River may refer to: * Palmer River (Massachusetts – Rhode Island), in the United States * Palmer River (Northern Territory), Australia, a tributary of the Finke River * Palmer River (Queensland), in Australia * Palmer River (Bécancour Ri ...

Mount Palmer (disambiguation) Mount Palmer can refer to: Mountains * Mount Palmer (Alaska), USA * Mount Palmer (Alberta), Canada * Mount Palmer (Antarctica) * Mount Palmer (California), USA * Mount Palmer (New South Wales), Australia * Mount Palmer (Yukon), Canada Locati ...

Antarctica

Palmer Inlet Kvinge Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula at the north side of Palmer Inlet terminating in Cape Bryant, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Kvinge Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell ...

, Palmer Land *

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

, a portion of the Antarctic Peninsula *

Palmer Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

, former American name of the Antarctic Peninsula

Australia

* Palmer, Queensland, a locality *

Palmer, South Australia Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (). It is located in the Mid Murray ...

, a town * Palmer, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Collie *

Palmer River (Northern Territory) The Finke River, or Larapinta in the Indigenous Arrernte language, is a river in central Australia, whose bed courses through the Northern Territory and the state of South Australia. It is one of the four main rivers of Lake Eyre Basin and is th ...

, a tributary of the Finke River *

Palmer River The Palmer River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873. Course and features The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in the Suss ...

, Queensland

Canada

* Palmer, Ontario, Canada, a community in Burlington * Palmer, Saskatchewan, an unorganized hamlet * Palmer Township,

Algoma District, Ontario Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864), who was appointed Indian agent to the Ojibwe ...

Palmer, British Columbia View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 11,575 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike, ...

, site of former

Fort Victoria (British Columbia) Fort Victoria began as a North American fur trade, fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company and was the headquarters of HBC operations in the Columbia District, a large fur trading area now part of the province of British Columbia, Canada and ...

United Kingdom

* Palmer Park, Reading, England, a public park

United States

Palmer, Alaska Palmer is a city in and the county seat, borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Matanuska Valley. It is the List of cities in A ...

, a city *

Palmer, Illinois Palmer is a village in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 216 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palmer has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census th ...

, a village *

Palmer, Indiana Palmer is an unincorporated community in Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. A 2003 article in ''The Times'' described the town as "home to 57 residents, 19 homes". A sign on Randolph street near the entrance to the town describes the popul ...

, an unincorporated community *

Palmer, Iowa Palmer is a city in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 138 at the time of the 2020 census. History Palmer got its start in the year 1899, following construction of the Rock Island railroad through that territory. Geogra ...

, a city *

Palmer, Kansas Palmer is a city in Washington County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 125. History Palmer was founded in 1878. It was named for J. Palmer, a teacher. The first post office in Palmer was establis ...

, a city *

Palmer, Massachusetts Palmer is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. With a population was 12,448 at the 2020 census, Palmer is the least populous city in the Commonwealth. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...

, a city **

Palmer (CDP), Massachusetts Palmer is former census-designated place (CDP) in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,900 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is more commonly kn ...

, a former census-designated place in the town *

Palmer, Michigan Palmer is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The CDP had a population of 378 at ...

, an unincorporated community *

Palmer, Missouri Palmer is an extinct town in southwestern Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Palmer is located on the banks of Hazel Creek on Missouri Route Z. The area is within the Hazel Creek Rec ...

, a ghost town *

Palmer, Nebraska Palmer is a village in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 439 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Grand Island metropolitan area. History Palmer got its start in the 1880s, following construction of the Lincoln and B ...

, a village *

Palmer, Tennessee Palmer is a town in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 672 at the 2010 census. History Palmer was originally known as "Tate's Village". When it incorporated in 1925, it was renamed in honor of Clarence William Palmer (1 ...

, a town *

Palmer, Texas Palmer is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 2,393 in 2020. Geography Palmer is located in northeastern Ellis County. Interstate 45 passes through the east side of t ...

, a town in Ellis County * Palmer, Cameron County, Texas, a census-designated place * Palmer, Washington, an unincorporated community * Palmer, West Virginia, a ghost town * Palmer, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *

Palmer Creek (Turnagain Arm) Palmer Creek is a waterway in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, US. It is an affluent of Resurrection Creek, itself a tributary of Turnagain Arm. Geography Palmer Creek flows northwest for before reaching Resurrection Creek. Hope, Alaska, Hope is loc ...

, Alaska *

Palmer Creek (Yamhill River) Palmer Creek is a tributary of the Yamhill River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Arising in Polk County it flows north, crossing almost immediately into Yamhill County. It continues generally north, entering the larger stream at D ...

, Oregon *

Palmer Divide Named after Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, the Palmer Divide is a caprock escarpment-style ridge in central Colorado that separates the Arkansas River basin from the South Platte basin. It extends from the Front Range of the ...

, Colorado, a ridge * Palmer Glacier, Oregon * Palmer Park (Chicago), Illinois, a public park *

Palmer Park (Detroit) Palmer Park is a public park next to Detroit, Michigan's Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District. It is named for U.S. Senator Thomas Witherell Palmer, who initially created the park when he donated for a city park in 1893 on the cond ...

, Michigan, a public park *

Palmer Park, Colorado Springs Palmer Park is a regional park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Located at 3650 Maizeland Road, the park is several miles northeast of the downtown area. ''Elevation Outdoors Magazine'' named it Best Urban Park in its Best of Rockies 2017 list. One o ...

, Colorado, a public park *

Palmer River (Massachusetts – Rhode Island) The Palmer River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873. Course and features The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in the Suss ...

Palmer Township (disambiguation) Palmer Township may refer to: * Palmer Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota * Palmer Township, Divide County, North Dakota, in Divide County, North Dakota * Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio Palmer Township is one of the fifteen civil to ...

Businesses

* C. F. Palmer, Ltd, a British scientific instrument maker * Château Palmer, a Bordeaux wine producer * Palmer Bus Service, a bus company in Minnesota and Wisconsin * Palmer Candy Company, a candy manufacturer in Sioux City, Iowa * Palmer National Bank of Washington, D.C., from 1983 to 1995 * William Eastman Palmer & Sons, a British partnership of photographers based in Devon

Schools

* Palmer High School (disambiguation) * Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, North Carolina, a former school for upper class African-Americans *

Palmer College of Chiropractic Palmer College of Chiropractic is a Private college, private Chiropractic education, chiropractic college with its main campus in Davenport, Iowa. It was established in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer and was the first school of chiropractic in th ...

, Davenport, Iowa *

Palmer's College Unified Seevic Palmer's College, trading as USP College (previously known as Seevic and Palmer's Colleges Group), is a large general further education college in Essex, England. Since 2021, it has been a European Parliament Ambassador School. ...

, Thurrock, Essex, England * Palmer School, founded 1972, merged with Trinity Episcopal School to form

Palmer Trinity School Palmer Trinity School is an independent, college-preparatory, coeducational Episcopal day school located on 60 acres in Palmetto Bay, Florida (a Miami suburb). The school currently enrolls 800 students in grades 6–12. Palmer Trinity is the ...

, Palmetto Bay, Florida * Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania * The Palmer Catholic Academy, a Roman Catholic secondary school in Ilford in London, England

Sports

Palmer Field Palmer Field is a multi-use baseball, soccer, and American football, football stadium located in Middletown, Connecticut. In 1993 and 1994, the first two editions of the Ivy League Baseball Championship Series were held at the field, with Yale ...

, a sports stadium in Middletown, Connecticut *

Palmer Stadium Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game ...

, a former sports stadium of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Other uses

* , two US Navy vessels *

Palmer (mango) The Palmer' mango is a large, commercially grown late-season mango cultivar that originated in south Florida. History The original tree was grown from a seed planted around 1925 on the property of Victor Mell of Miami, Florida. For the followin ...

, a commercial mango variety originating in south Florida * Palmer Building, a historic building in Hollywood, California * Palmer railway station, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * Palmer Road (disambiguation) *

Palmer Station Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers island (aka Antwerp Island), the only U.S. station on the continent located north of the Antarctic Circle. The first Palmer was built in 1965, but the current sit ...

, an American research station in Antarctica

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