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Welcome to Palos ...

Palos is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palos, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Palos is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palos lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Palos: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Palos ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Palos - they are located in Ohio and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palos.

Communities near Palos ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palos.

  • Birmingham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bessemer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Homewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hueytown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gardendale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jasper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fultondale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Tarrant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Tarrant is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,081 people
    • Tarrant has also been known as:
    • Tarrant City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrant <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Palos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palos.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palos. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palos.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palos. See our Newspapers Page for Palos.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palos ...

Looking for more information about Palos? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Palos, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Palos.

Adding Palos to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palos in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Palos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Palos post office opened in 1892. The Palos post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palos.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palos - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Palos area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Palos area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/