Palmer may refer to:

People and fictional characters

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

, a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land * Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Palmer (surname), 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 more than 7,000 works. The colle ...

, the art museum of Pennsylvania State University

Places

* Palmer River (disambiguation) * Mount Palmer (disambiguation)

Antarctica

* Palmer Inlet, 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, former American name of the Antarctic Peninsula

Australia

Palmer, Queensland Palmer is a rural locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. The former towns (now unbounded localities) of Byerstown, Lukinville, Maytown, Palmerville and Stonyville (or Stony Creek), all dating from the 1870s-1880s gold rushes ...

, 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 Murr ...

, a town * Palmer River (Northern Territory), a tributary of the Finke River *

Palmer River The Palmer River is a river located 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 ...

, 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 10,858 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike a ...

, site of former

Fort Victoria (British Columbia) Fort Victoria began as a 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 the U.S. state of Wash ...

United Kingdom

* Palmer Park, Reading, England, a public park

United States

Palmer, Alaska Palmer (Ahtna: ''Nił'etse'it'aade'' or ''Nuutah''; Dena'ina: ''Denal'i Kena'') is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska ...

, a city *

Palmer, Illinois Palmer is a village in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 216 at the 2010 census. Geography Palmer is located at (39.457636, - 89.406232). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palmer has a total area of , all ...

, 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 popula ...

, 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. Geograph ...

, 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 establish ...

, a city *

Palmer, Massachusetts Palmer is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,448 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Palmer adopted a home rule charter in 2004 with a counc ...

, 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 know ...

, 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 418 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 Recreat ...

, a ghost town *

Palmer, Nebraska Palmer is a village in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 472 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska metropolitan area. History Palmer got its start in the 1880s, following construction of the Lin ...

, 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 (185 ...

, 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 at (32.429405, –96.669013). Interstate 45 pa ...

, a town in Ellis County * Palmer, Cameron County, Texas, a census-designated place *

Palmer, Washington Palmer is an unincorporated community in King County, Washington, United States. It is located along the Green River next to the Kanaskat-Palmer State Park. Palmer was originally a telegraph station on the Northern Pacific Railway opened duri ...

, 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 Turnagain Arm ( Dena'ina: ''Tutl'uh'') is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It ...

, 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 Dayt ...

, 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 R ...

, Colorado, a ridge *

Palmer Glacier Palmer Glacier is a glacier on the south slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated at an elevation range of , and was named for Joel Palmer, an Oregon pioneer. Palmer Glacier is the most well-known of the twelve g ...

, 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 condi ...

, Michigan, a public park * Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado, a public park * Palmer River (Massachusetts – Rhode Island) * Palmer Township (disambiguation)

Businesses

* C. F. Palmer, Ltd, a British scientific instrument maker *

Château Palmer Château Palmer is a winery in the Margaux appellation d'origine contrôlée of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen ''Troisièmes Crus'' (Third Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Clas ...

, a Bordeaux wine producer * Palmer Bus Service, a bus company in Minnesota and Wisconsin *

Palmer Candy Company Palmer may refer to: People and fictional characters * Palmer (pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land * Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Palmer (surname), including a list of people and ...

, a candy manufacturer in Sioux City, Iowa * Palmer National Bank of Washington, D.C., from 1983 to 1995 * William Eastman Palmer & Sons, British partnership of photographers based in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

Schools

* Palmer High School (disambiguation) *

Palmer Memorial Institute The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, better known as Palmer Memorial Institute, was a school for upper class African Americans. It was founded in 1902 by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown at Sedalia, North Carolina near Greensboro. Palmer Mem ...

, Sedalia, North Carolina, a former school for upper class African-Americans *

Palmer College of Chiropractic Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private 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 the world. The college's name was original ...

, Davenport, Iowa *

Palmer's College USP College (Unified Seevic Palmer's College, previously known as Seevic and Palmer's Colleges Group) is a large general further education college in Essex, England. It was established in August 2017 from the merger of Palmer's College in Gra ...

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

Palmer Theological Seminary Palmer Theological Seminary is a Baptist seminary in St. Davids. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was founded in 1925 as Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Its parent institution is Eastern University. History The ...

, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania *

Palmer Catholic Academy , established = , closed = , type = Academy , religious_affiliation = Diocese of Brentwood Roman Catholic Church , president = , head_label = Headteacher , head = Paul Downey , r_head_label = , ...

, a Roman Catholic secondary school in Ilford in London, England

Sports

* Palmer Field, 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 ag ...

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

Other uses

* , two US Navy vessels * Palmer (mango), a commercial mango variety originating in south Florida *

Palmer railway station The Palmer station is a railway station in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. It served as a flag stop on Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercit ...

, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * Palmer Road (disambiguation) *

Palmer Station Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers Island, the only US station located north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other U.S. Antarcti ...

, an American research station in Antarctica

People and fictional characters

Arts and entertainment

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