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Welcome to Palmetto ...

Palmetto is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Palmetto is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palmetto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Palmetto is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Palmetto: 417

Communities Also Named Palmetto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Palmetto - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Palmetto ...

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

  • Springfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Nixa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Marshfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Battlefield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Strafford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sparta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <3>
  • Seymour
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fair Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Highlandville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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 Palmetto. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palmetto.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palmetto ...

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

Adding Palmetto to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Palmetto post office opened in 1890. The Palmetto post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palmetto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palmetto - 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/