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About Palmer

Palmer (Ahtna: Nił'etse'it'aade or Nuutah; Dena'ina: Denal'i Kena) 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.Palmer hosts the annual Alaska State Fair, and is also the headquarters of the National Tsunami Warning Center. == History == The first people to live in the Matanuska Valley, where Palmer is located, were the Dena'ina and Ahtna Athabaskans. They moved throughout the area, living a subsistence lifestyle and trading with other native groups.