Do you know of Palmer ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Palmer. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Palmer.
Our sources for Palmer (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Palmer other than they indicate that Palmer would be found somewhere in Alachua County, Florida.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1907.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Palmer ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Palmer.
Within Florida, the name Palmer is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 33 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Palmer.
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Palmer [Monroe County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Palmer.
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Palmer [Santa Barbara County].
- Illinois
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Palmer [Christian County].
- Indiana
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Palmer [Lake County].
- Saint Joseph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Palmer [Saint Joseph County].
- Iowa
- Pocahontas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Palmer [Pocahontas County].
- Kansas
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Palmer [Ellis County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Palmer [Washington County].
- Kentucky
- Estill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Palmer [Estill County].
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Palmer [Carroll County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Palmer [Hampden County].
- Michigan
- Baraga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Palmer [Baraga County].
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Palmer [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
- Waseca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Palmer [Waseca County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Palmer [Washington County].
- Nebraska
- Merrick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Palmer [Merrick County].
- New York
- Saratoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Palmer [Saratoga County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Palmer.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Palmer [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Palmer [Crawford County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Palmer [Fayette County].
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Palmer [Warren County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Palmer.
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palmer [Grundy County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Palmer [King County].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Palmer [Braxton County].
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Palmer [Saint Croix County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Palmer ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Palmer:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Palmer - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
More Orphans in Alachua County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alachua County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Palmer could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |