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Welcome to Palatine ...

Palatine is located in Salem County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palatine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1865.

Palatine is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palatine lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Palatine: 856

Communities Also Named Palatine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Palatine - they are located in Illinois, Kansas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Palatine ...

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

  • Vineland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vineland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
    • Vineland is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,615 people
  • Millville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
    • Millville is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,025 people
  • Bridgeton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
    • Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
  • Woodbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Salem County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
  • Beals Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill
    • Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County
  • Seabrook Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seabrook Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
    • Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County
  • West Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
    • West Village is located in Cumberland County
  • Aldine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aldine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
    • Aldine is located in Salem County
  • Alliance
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alliance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Alliance is located in Salem County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palatine ...

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

Adding Palatine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palatine 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 Palatine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Palatine post office opened in 1865.

We also found Palatine in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palatine.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Palatine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Salem County: www.salemco.org/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Salem, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palatine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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