Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley. It is the ninth-largest city in Alaska, and forms part of the Anchorage metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,888, down from 5,937 in 2010.
Noncontiguous
Palmer
Matanuska-Susitna County, AK
Population
6,091
Walk Score
64 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$1,101
Median home value
$256,400
[[Municipal corporation
1951
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Historic districts
- Bailey Colony Farm · listed 1991
- Matanuska Colony Community Center · listed 1991
- Patten Colony Farm · listed 1991
Notable landmarks
- Berry House · listed 1991
- Campbell House · listed 2013
- Cunningham-Hall Pt-6,Nc-692W · listed 1978
- Herried House · listed 1991
- High Ridge · listed 2021
- Hyland Hotel · listed 1991
- Independence Mines · listed 1974
- Palmer Depot · listed 1978
- Puhl House · listed 1991
- Rebarchek, Raymond, Colony Farm · listed 1978
- St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
- United Protestant Church · listed 1980
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