High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Palmer Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,143 people in the township, 1,007 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Palmer Township was named for Judge John Manley Palmer (1814-1876). Statewide, the only other Palmer Township is located in Washington County. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1.