Do you know of Palos ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Palos. 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 Palos.

We found mention of Palos as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Miami County, Indiana.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

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 Palos ...

We found three communities that share the name Palos.

Within Indiana, the name Palos is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Palos [Jefferson County].
  • Ohio
    • Athens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Palos [Athens County].
  • Virginia
    • Rockingham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Palos [Rockingham County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Palos ...

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Miami County ...

Can you help?

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 Miami County.