Palmer, Virginia

Palmer
Unincorporated community
Palmer Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 37°37′25″N 76°21′5″W / 37.62361°N 76.35139°W / 37.62361; -76.35139Coordinates: 37°37′25″N 76°21′5″W / 37.62361°N 76.35139°W / 37.62361; -76.35139
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Lancaster
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	804

Palmer is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. S. state of Virginia.^[1] Palmer is near, but not in, the flood zone. Further down from Palmer are the flooded portions of Windmill Point. It was once owned by a few families and was inhabited by lifelong residents. Many houses were later bought by people new to the community. Weekend visitors come from Northern Virginia, Richmond, Charlottesville, and Maryland.

Palmer has beaches, and there is an island in front of the community in Mosquito Creek.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmer, Virginia

Municipalities and communities of Lancaster County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Lancaster

Towns	Irvington Kilmarnock‡ White Stone

Unincorporated communities	Alfonso Bertrand Boer Brook Vale Chestnut Grove Christ Church Foxwells Good Luck Grace Point Griffins Landing Iberis Lancaster Lankford Corner Litwalton Lively McNeals Corner Merry Point Milestone Millenbeck Mollusk Monaskon Morattico Newtown North Weems Nuttsville Ocran Ottoman Palmer Pierces Corner Pitmans Corner Queenstown Regina Richtown Senora Slabtown Somers Taft Weems West Irvington Westland

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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