The locality takes its name from State School name first used 1901, for the settlement at the terminus of the Hampton Timber Tramway to the head of Perseverance Creek. The sawmill and tramway closed in 1936.[2]
Palm Tree Provisional School opened in 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Palm Tree State School. It closed in 1960.[3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Palmtree had a population of 73 people.[4]
In the 2021 census, Palmtree had a population of 80 people.[1]