After his adoptive father died in 1955, the nine-year-old Jim, his mother and his sister moved to California, where he began playing in youth-league baseball. In 1956, his mother married actor Max Palmer, from whom Jim Palmer took his last name.
City of Grimes, Iowa. Grimes is a city in Dallas and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 8,246 at the 2010 census. Grimes is part of the Des MoinesâWest Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jasper County is located in central Iowa. It is surrounded by the following counties: West  Polk Co., North  Story and Marshall Cos., NE  Tama Co., East  Poweshiek Co., South  Mahaska and Marion Cos., and SW  Warren Co. Current towns and communities (Zip codes given for towns having Post Offices)