Best Answer: Short: Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson in 1636, who have been driven out of Massachusetts by the Puritans because of their religious beliefs.
PALMER, TX. PALMER, TEXAS. Palmer is on Interstate Highway 45 and U.S. Highway 75, twelve miles northeast of Waxahachie in northeastern Ellis County. It was settled after the arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railway in 1872 and was named for D. S. Palmer, a Houston physician and stockholder of the railroad company.
Palmer is a city in Washington County, Kansas, United States. The population was 108 at the 2000 census. Palmer is located at 39Â°37â²58â³N 97Â°8â²24â³W / 39.63278Â°N 97.14Â°W / 39.63278; -97.14 (39.632737, -97.140028). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.8 kmÂ²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 108 people, 48 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was 342.5 people per square mile (130.3/kmÂ²).