Do you know of Palo ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Palo. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Palo.

Our sources for Palo (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Palo other than they indicate that Palo would be found somewhere in Ohio County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1905.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Palo ...

We found five communities that share the name Palo.

Within Kentucky, the name Palo is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Linn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Palo [Linn County].
  • Michigan
    • Ionia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Palo [Ionia County].
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Palo [Saint Louis County].
  • Nebraska
    • Palo #
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Palo.
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Palo.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Palo ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Palo:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Palo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Ohio County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Ohio County.