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Do you know of Palestine ???

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

Our sources for Palestine (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Palestine other than they indicate that Palestine would be found somewhere in Platte County, Nebraska.

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 Palestine ...

We found 34 communities that share the name Palestine.

Within Nebraska, the name Palestine is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Palestine [Cleburne County].
      • Lauderdale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Palestine [Lauderdale County].
    • Arkansas
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Palestine [Randolph County].
      • Saint Francis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Palestine [Saint Francis County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Palestine [Fairfield County].
    • Illinois
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Palestine [Crawford County].
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Palestine [Franklin County].
      • Kosciusko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Palestine [Kosciusko County].
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Palestine [Van Buren County].
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Palestine [Sumner County].
    • Louisiana
      • Washington Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Palestine [Washington Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Palestine [Menominee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Palestine [Clay County].
      • Hinds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Palestine [Hinds County].
      • Pearl River County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Palestine [Pearl River County].
      • Yalobusha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Palestine [Yalobusha County].
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Palestine [Stanly County].
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Palestine [Adams County].
      • Darke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Palestine [Darke County].
      • Pickaway County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Palestine [Pickaway County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Palestine.
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Palestine [Benton County].
      • Multnomah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Palestine [Multnomah County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Palestine [Clearfield County].
    • Tennessee
      • Chester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Chester County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Henderson County].
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Henry County].
      • Lewis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Lewis County].
      • Robertson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Palestine [Robertson County].
    • Texas
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Palestine [Anderson County].
      • Hopkins County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Palestine [Hopkins County].
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Palestine [Polk County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Palestine [Greenbrier County].
      • Wirt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Palestine [Wirt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Palestine ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Palestine - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Platte 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 Platte County.

Behlen 
 Neboville
Cayuga 
 Okay
Doulom 
 Postville
MatsonPresident
Moorman 
MunroeWest Hill

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Palestine could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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