Welcome to Palmer ...

So far, we found very little information about Palmer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Palmer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Palmer - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Palmer, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Palmer , we believe that it would have been located within present day Multnomah County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palmer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Time Zone: The area where Palmer was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Palmer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Palmer - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palmer.

Adding Palmer to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Palmer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Palmer post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palmer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Multnomah County: www.co.multnomah.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Palmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Multnomah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/