| Official Name: | Palmer, Cameron County, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Palmer |
| Coordinates: | 26.0731°N -97.6342°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cameron |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.05 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.91 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 45 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 78586 (San Benito) |
| Area Code: | 956 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 48-54748 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2805753 |
Palmer is a colonia and census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
It is in the southern part of the county, bordered to the west by San Benito, to the northeast by Brownsville, to the east by Rice Tracts, to the south by Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, and to the southwest by La Paloma. It is 5miles south of the center of San Benito and northwest of downtown Brownsville.
The Resaca del Rancho Viejo, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Rio Grande, flows through the northern part of the community.
Palmer first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[2]
| White alone (NH) | 20 | 1.85% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1 | 0.09% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Other race alone (NH) | 5 | 0.46% | |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 1 | 0.09% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,055 | 97.50% | |
| Total | 1,082 | 100.00% |