Palmer

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Palmer may refer to:

People

Individuals

• Palmer (Pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land

Names

• Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
• Palmer (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters

Places

• Palmer River (disambiguation)

Antarctica

• Palmer Inlet, Palmer Land
• Palmer Land, a portion of the Antarctic Peninsula
• Palmer Peninsula, former American name of the Antarctic Peninsula

Australia

• Palmer, Queensland, a locality
• Palmer, South Australia, a town
• Palmer River (Northern Territory), a tributary of the Finke River
• Palmer River, Queensland

Canada

• Mount Palmer (Alberta), in the Rocky Mountains
• Palmer, Ontario, Canada, a community in Burlington
• Palmer, Saskatchewan, an unorganized hamlet
• Palmer Township, Algoma District, Ontario

United Kingdom

• Palmer Park, Reading, England, a public park

United States

• Mount Palmer (Alaska), Anchorage, Alaska
• Palmer, Alaska, a city
• Palmer, Illinois, a village
• Palmer, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Palmer, Iowa, a city
• Palmer, Kansas, a city
• Palmer, Massachusetts, a city
  • Palmer (CDP), Massachusetts, a former census-designated place in the town
• Palmer, Michigan, an unincorporated community
• Palmer, Nebraska, a village
• Palmer, Tennessee, a town
• Palmer, Texas, a town
• Palmer, Washington, an unincorporated community
• Palmer, West Virginia, a ghost town
• Palmer, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Palmer Creek (Turnagain Arm), Alaska
• Palmer Creek (Yamhill River), Oregon
• Palmer Divide, Colorado, a ridge
• Palmer Glacier, Oregon
• Palmer Park (Chicago), Illinois, a public park
• Palmer Park (Detroit), Michigan, a public park
• Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado, a public park
• Palmer River (Massachusetts – Rhode Island)
• Palmer Township (disambiguation)

Brands and 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
• Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, a British company

Fruit

• Palmer (mango), a commercial mango variety originating in south Florida

Government and military

• Palmer Raids, controversial U.S. Justice Department raids on suspected radical leftists from 1919 to 1921
• USS Palmer, two US Navy vessels

Schools

• Palmer High School (disambiguation)
• Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, North Carolina, a former school for upper class African-Americans
• Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa
• Palmer's College, Thurrock, Essex, England
• Palmer School, founded 1972, merged with Trinity Episcopal School to form Palmer Trinity School, Palmetto Bay, Florida
• Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Sports

• Palmer Field, a sports stadium in Middletown, Connecticut
• Palmer Stadium, a former sports stadium of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Other uses

• Palmer baronets, seven baronetcies, four of which are extant
• Palmer Method of penmanship
• Palmer railway station, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Palmer Road (disambiguation)
• Palmer Station, an American research station in Antarctica

See also

• Lewis-Palmer High School, Monument, Colorado
• Palmers, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• Palmier, a type of puff pastry-based cookie