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Welcome to Palm ...

So far, we found very little information about Palm. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Palm to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Palm, please Contact Us.


Palm would have been located within present day Haywood County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palm, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Palm is 2,430 feet [741 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Palm is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Palm was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Palm was located: 828

Communities Also Named Palm ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Palm - they are located in Florida and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Palm ...

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

  • Waynesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Myers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Hazelwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
  • Clyde
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clyde is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <4>
  • Maggie Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Trust
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Trust is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
  • Mount Sterling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling

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

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

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

Adding Palm to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palm in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Palm post office opened in 1886. The Palm post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palm.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Palm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palm - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/