Welcome to Palmer ...The town of Palmer is located Palmer is located in Ellis County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Palmer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Palmer has a population of 2,121 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Palmer is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Palmer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Palmer: 214, 469, 945 & 972<4> The ZIP code for Palmer: 75152<5> Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Palmer had an population of 2,121 people. This is an increase of 6.05% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 19.56% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Palmer had a population of 2,000 people. This makes Palmer the county's 7th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,000 people, the population of Palmer increased 12.74% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,774 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Palmer. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Palmer: This one is located in Ellis County and the other is located in Cameron County. Beyond Texas, 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, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palmer. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palmer. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Palmer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palmer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palmer. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palmer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palmer. See our Newspapers Page for Palmer. Looking for more information about Palmer? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Palmer, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Palmer. We originally found mention of Palmer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Palmer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Palmer.
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