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Welcome to Palomas ...

Palomas is located in Yuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palomas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Palomas is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palomas lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Palomas: 928

Communities Also Named Palomas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Palomas - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Palomas ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Palomas.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palomas. 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 Palomas.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palomas ...

Looking for more information about Palomas? 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 Palomas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Palomas.

Adding Palomas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palomas 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 Palomas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Palomas post office opened in 1891. The Palomas post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palomas.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palomas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/