Welcome to Palmyra ...Palmyra is located in Halifax County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Palmyra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1811. Palmyra is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Palmyra lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Palmyra: 252 Communities Also Named Palmyra ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Palmyra - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palmyra. Communities near Palmyra ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palmyra.
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 Palmyra. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palmyra. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palmyra. 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 Palmyra. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palmyra. See our Newspapers Page for Palmyra. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palmyra ...Looking for more information about Palmyra? 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 Palmyra, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Palmyra. Adding Palmyra to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Palmyra 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 for Palmyra was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Palmyra in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Palmyra. Footnotes ...
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