Palmer, South Australia

Palmer
South Australia
Palmer Lutheran Church
Palmer
Coordinates34°51′07″S 139°09′36″E / 34.852°S 139.160°E / -34.852; 139.160
Population215 (SAL 2021)
Established1860s
Postcode(s)5237
LGA(s)Mid Murray Council
State electorate(s)Schubert
Federal division(s)Barker
Localities around Palmer:
Mount Pleasant Milendella
Tungkillo Palmer Apamurra
Rockleigh Tepko Mannum
Footnotes

Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (34°51′S 139°9′E / 34.850°S 139.150°E / -34.850; 139.150). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.

Palmer has a primary school (opened 1882), a general store, hotel and a Lutheran Church of which Carl Heinrich Loessel was the first pastor, from 22 May 1869 before the church was built, succeeded by the long-serving Pastor Kuss.

There are some rock formations at the Granite Boulders Area Geological Site.