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Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to:


Palms

Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family: *in the genus ''
Sabal ''Sabal'' is a genus of palms (or fan-palms) endemic to the New World. Currently, there are 17 recognized species of ''Sabal'', including one hybrid species. The species are native to the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, from th ...
'': **Bermuda palmetto, ''
Sabal bermudana ''Sabal bermudana'', commonly known as the Bermuda palmetto or bibby-tree, is one of 15 species of palm trees in the genus ''Sabal'' and is endemic to Bermuda although reportedly naturalized in the Leeward Islands. It was greatly affected by the ...
'' **Birmingham palmetto, ''Sabal'' 'Birmingham' **Dwarf, or bush palmetto, ''
Sabal minor ''Sabal minor'', commonly known as the dwarf palmetto, is a small species of palm. It is native to the deep southeastern and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico. It is naturally found in a diversity of habitats, including maritime ...
'' **Hispaniola palmetto, ''
Sabal domingensis ''Sabal domingensis'', the Hispaniola palmetto, is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Cuba. Description ''Sabal domingensis'' is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which gr ...
'' **Mexican, Texas, or Rio Grande palmetto, '' Sabal mexicana'' **Cabbage palmetto, ''
Sabal palmetto ''Sabal palmetto'' (, '' SAY-bəl''), also known as cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, blue palmetto, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, Garfield's tree, and swamp cabbage, is one of 15 species of palmetto palm. It is native to the Sou ...
'' **Scrub palmetto, ''
Sabal etonia ''Sabal etonia'', commonly known as the scrub palmetto is a species of palm. It is native only to peninsular Florida in the United States, where it is found in Florida sand pine scrub communities. Description ''Sabal etonia'' is a fan palm with ...
'' **Sonoran palmetto, '' Sabal uresana'' **Yucatán palmetto, '' Sabal gretheriae'' *Saw palmetto, '' Chamaerops humilis'', native to Europe and north Africa *Saw palmetto, '' Serenoa repens'', native to North America *Silver saw palmetto, '' Acoelorrhaphe wrightii ''


Places

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Palmetto, Alabama Palmetto is an unincorporated community in northeastern Pickens County, Alabama, United States. History Palmetto was named for Palmetto, another unincorporated community in South Carolina. A post office operated under the name Palmetto from 185 ...
* Palmetto, California *
Palmetto, Florida Palmetto is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was listed as 13,323. It is part of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Palmetto h ...
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Palmetto Bay, Florida Palmetto Bay is a suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,439 as of the 2020 US census. Palmetto Bay includes three neighborhoods that were former census-designated places, Cutler, Roc ...
* Palmetto Beach, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida *
Palmetto Estates, Florida Palmetto Estates is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,498 at the 2020 census. Geography Palmetto Estates is located southwest of downtown Miami at (25.6 ...
* Palmetto Historic District *
Palmetto, Georgia Palmetto is a city located mostly in Fulton County (originally Campbell County) and now partly in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 5,071 at the 2020 census. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Pal ...
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Palmetto, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Palmetto is an unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community was named for palmetto Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to: Palms Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) fa ...
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Palmetto, Louisiana Palmetto is a village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 188 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Palmetto is located at (30.716729, -91.907648). ...
* Palmetto, Missouri *
Palmetto, Nevada Palmetto, Nevada is a ghost town in Esmeralda County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. History Palmetto was founded and established in 1866, when three prospectors discovered silver deposits north of the site. The miners named the camp Palmetto, ...
, a ghost town


Schools

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Miami Palmetto High School , motto_translation = Strength through knowledge , established = , closed = , type = Public secondary , status = , category_label = , category ...
in Pinecrest, Florida *
Palmetto Bay Academy Palmetto Bay Academy is the premier, independent, non-traditional secondary school located in Miami, Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexic ...
in Miami, Florida *
Palmetto High School (Florida) Palmetto High School, a high school located in Palmetto, Florida was originally opened in 1957 and rebuilt in 1999. The school's athletic teams are known as the Tigers, and the school colors are red, white, and black. The school currently serves ...
in Palmetto, Florida * Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South Carolina *
Palmetto Ridge High School Palmetto Ridge High School is a secondary education school located near Naples, in an unincorporated census-designated place in Collier County, Florida, United States. Palmetto Ridge High School is part of the District School Board of Collier ...
in Naples, Florida * Palmetto State e-Cademy, a virtual public charter school in South Carolina


Transportation

* ''Palmetto'' (train), an Amtrak passenger train in the United States * ''Palmetto'' (ACL train), a former ACL passenger train in the United States *
Palmetto (Metrorail station) Palmetto station is a Metrorail rapid transit station in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida (with a Miami address), United States, just near the town of Medley. It is the current northern terminus of the Metrorail system. This station ...
in Miami, Florida * Palmetto Railroad, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina *
Palmetto Railway The Palmetto Railway was a Southeastern railroad that served South Carolina and North Carolina in the late 19th century. The Palmetto Railway was a successor to the Palmetto Railroad which had been chartered by the general assemblies of South Carol ...
, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina *
Palmetto Trail The Palmetto Trail is a planned foot and mountain bike trail in South Carolina for recreational hiking and biking. Several of the sections are also equestrian trails. It will extend from the Oconee County mountains to the Intracoastal Waterway ...
, foot and bike trail in South Carolina * The Palmetto Expressway,
Florida State Road 826 State Road 826 (SR 826) is a bypass route around the greater Miami area, traveling approximately in a northeasterly arc from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Pinecrest to its terminus at State Road A1A in Sunny Isles Beach. Between its southern terminu ...


Entertainment

* ''Palmetto'' (film), a 1998 neo-noir *
Palmetto Records Palmetto Records is an independent American jazz record company and label in New York City founded in 1990 by guitarist Matt Balitsaris. Issues began with those by Balitsaris, then Greg Hatza in 1993. Since then, its catalog has included albums b ...
, an American jazz record label founded in 1990 * Palmetto State Quartet, a gospel group from Greenville, South Carolina * "
The Palmetto State Song "The Palmetto State Song" is a song, composed by George O. Robinson and published in 1860, that became the first of several major Confederate anthems of the American Civil War. It was the first published Confederate sheet music. Robinson dedicated t ...
", a 1860 song popular during the American Civil War * '' Palmetto Pointe'', a 2005 TV show * ''
Palmetto Leaves ''Palmetto Leaves'' is a memoir and travel guide written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about her winters in the town of Mandarin, Florida, published in 1873. Already famous for having written ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), Stowe came to Florida after ...
'', an 1873 memoir by Harriet Beecher Stowe


Other

* Palmetto State, the official nickname for the state of
South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...
* Palmetto (crater), of the moon *
Palmetto Cheese Palmetto Cheese is a trademark for a brand of pimento cheese from Pawleys Island Specialty Foods, a division of Get Carried Away, based in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. It is manufactured and packaged at Duke Sandwich Productions located in Eas ...
, brand of pimento cheese *
Palmetto Electric Palmetto Electric Cooperative Inc. is a non-profit electric utility cooperative headquartered in Ridgeland, South Carolina. It has a membership of approximately 66,000 customers. History Palmetto Electric was formed in 1940 by a group of reside ...
* Palmetto FC Bantams, amateur soccer team in Greenwood, South Carolina *
Order of the Palmetto The Order of the Palmetto is the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina. It is awarded to South Carolinians who demonstrate extraordinary lifetime achievement, service and contributions of national or statewide significance ...
, the highest civilian honor awarded by the governor of South Carolina *
Palmetto Regiment The Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers of South Carolina was an infantry regiment that participated in the Mexican–American War. It suffered heavy losses and was known for the first American colors over Mexico City, when it raised its regimental fla ...
, military unit of volunteers from South Carolina serving in the Mexican–American War * CSS ''Palmetto State'', an 1862 Confederate ironclad ship *
Palmetto Island State Park Palmetto Island State Park is a recent addition to the Louisiana State Park system. The new state park is located south of Abbeville, Louisiana in Vermilion Parish. The state of Louisiana acquired the property for the park in 1981 but did not be ...
, Louisiana *
Palmetto State Park Palmetto State Park is a state park located in Gonzales County, Texas, United States northwest of Gonzales and southeast of Luling. The land was acquired by deeds from private owners and the City of Gonzales in 1934 - 1936 and was opened in 193 ...
, Gonzales County, Texas * Palmetto Mountains, range in Nevada * Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia, South Carolina *
Palmetto Health Richland Prisma Health Richland Hospital is a hospital in Columbia, South Carolina that is part of Prisma Health. Prisma Health Richland hospital was originally established in 1892 as Columbia Hospital and was one of the first hospitals in the city. Ov ...
, hospital network in Columbia, South Carolina * Palmetto Health, hospital network in Richland County, South Carolina * Florida woods cockroach, a.k.a. Palmetto bug, different species from American cockroach * Palmetto Skipper, '' Euphyes arpa'', a butterfly


See also

* Palmetto Bay (disambiguation) * Palmetto Middle School (disambiguation) * Palmetto High School (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, plant, geo