Palmer, Wisconsin

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Palmer, Wisconsin
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Palmer, Wisconsin
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Palmer, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°54′20″N92°23′42″W / 44.90556°N 92.39500°W / 44.90556; -92.39500
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County St. Croix
Elevation
320 m (1,060 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1581798 [1]

Palmer is an unincorporated community in the town of Rush River, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community was named for local land owner William Palmer, who moved to the area from New York in the 1860s. The Palmer post office opened in December 1893 with William McConnell as the first postmaster. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Palmer, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.


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