Welcome to Palatka ...Palatka is located in the western region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP). Palatka is located in Iron County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Palatka, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906. Palatka is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Palatka lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Palatka, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Code for Palatka: 906 Communities Also Named Palatka ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Palatka - they are located in Arkansas and Florida. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palatka. Communities near Palatka ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palatka.
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 Palatka. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palatka. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palatka. 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 Palatka. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palatka. See our Newspapers Page for Palatka. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palatka ...Looking for more information about Palatka? 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 Palatka, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Palatka. Adding Palatka to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Palatka 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 Palatka was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Palatka. Footnotes ...
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